DOOMSDAY FORTRESS: THE OFFICER'S COLD BRIDE
"I'll be right here when you return."
Zaid gave her fingers a final, protective squeeze, retrieved his weapon, and turned on his heel, stepping back out into the dark storm of the dying world.
Five miles away, in a cramped, suffocating apartment on the edge of the lower district, the atmosphere was rotting from the inside out.
The air conditioning had been dead for forty-eight hours. The living room smelled of stagnant sweat, stale ozone, and sour milk seeping from a dark, unpowered refrigerator.