The Sin of His Obsession
The steel barrier slammed shut with a sickening thud, a metallic guillotine that severed them from the world outside. The wail of the security alarm echoed through the sterile air, a triumphant cry of a trap sprung. Aiden, Chloe, and Dan were sealed inside a box of steel and glass, prisoners of a game they had not agreed to play. The scent of gas, thin at first, began to thicken, a cold, metallic odor that promised an end far more sinister than a bullet.