Craving The Wrong Brother
We’ll know soon enough.
The city’s long behind us now. The buildings are getting wider, emptier, more spaced out. The streetlights here go dim and flash off more than they stay on. Warehouses line the road, some tagged with graffiti, some with windows punched in. The ground is uneven, and the air is thick with dust and engine smoke.
“When we get there,” Knox says, hand still around my neck, “you’re staying in the car.”
“What?”
“I went against all my instincts bringing you here. But you don’t even know basic anatomy.” His fingers touch my knee briefly. “The front of the warehouse is as far as you go.”