Chapter 20
They weren’t there.
Oh, there were Shades in the holding cell, alright. But no one that mattered. Not Rowan. Not Mikael. No one I wanted, needed, to talk to.
When I’d left the dome, Amber stuck to me like glue, catching up with me just outside the dome and shadowing me step-by-step.
A couple fae had stood guard outside the makeshift jail, barring entry until I mentioned I was on Claffson’s team. I’d probably get in trouble later for using his name, but I wasn’t worried about the future. Only one directive spoke to me at the moment. Find Alec. I couldn’t stop the anti-serum today, I couldn’t even think about it. Without Alec, the world would be a dark place, with or without a Shade invasion.
Inside the mobile unit, there were fourteen small cells, each one barely large enoug
