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Chapter 114

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Sophia

We ran.

Not like we used to, with fear chewing at our ankles and the past choking our airways... but with purpose.

The tunnel went down, curved and ancient, rusted metal arches vaulting overhead like the skeleton of some long-dead giant. The air was colder here. Damp with memory. Each step echoed too loudly, as if we were already dead.

But I wasn't dying here.

Not again.

Alex brushed against my shoulder as we swung around a tight curve, squeezing under a low-slung pipe. The emergency rig puffed behind us, rolling on automatic tracks with pods secured inside. Bellion had calibrated it to my bio-readings, it would follow me anywhere.

Good.

Because I wasn't going to stop.

Not until they were safe.

Alex reached forward and slapped the override on the next gate passage, and it buzzed in rage before sliding open. His jaw was clamped shut again. That look he has when something inside of him is breaking and he doesn't want anyone to see it.

Too late.

I saw it.

Each crack. Each falter.

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