Third Person POVThey ran.Ethan’s hand gripped Melissa’s good arm, pulling her through corridors that all looked the same. White walls with marble floors and endless turns. This place was like a beautiful deadly maze, escaping it as a stranger here will be close to impossible.Behind them, the sounds of chaos echoed. Gunfire and shooting. The crash of breaking glass.The empire was eating itself alive.Melissa’s legs felt like water. The drugs and exhaustion mixed with the pain radiating from her broken arm with every jarring step made everything worse. Everything was spinning, she felt like she was dying.“We are almost there,” Ethan said. His voice was urgent but trying to be reassuring. “Just a little further.”Her foot caught on nothing. She stumbled and started to fall.Ethan caught her before she hit the ground and he swept her up in his arms without breaking stride.“I’ve got you,” he said and ran again, carrying her now. “Melissa, you must be strong. We’re almost there.”She
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