Her Empire, His Terms.
"Rachel, it's Amelia! I'm here!"
For a long, agonizing moment, there was nothing but the sound of the dripping water as my grip on the gun in my pocket tightened, my sweat making the handle slick.
Then, a soft, trembling voice emerged from behind a massive stack of crates near the back of the warehouse.
"Amelia? Is that really you?"
A woman stepped out of the shadows. She looked exactly as I remembered her, though age and fear had clearly taken their toll.
Rachel's brown hair was pulled back messily, her clothes looked rumpled, and she was clutching a black leather handbag to her chest like a shield.