ALHPA ABRAM: And the four daughter
"I am the one who leashed you! I am the one who owns your life!"
"Then use it," he whispered, his face inches from hers. He smelled of cedar and death. "The money is a ghost. The power is a lie. There’s only flesh and bone left. So, move, Elara. Or die in a pretty white dress."
She shoved him back. Her eyes darted to the corner of the room, behind the emergency rations. A heavy, rusted iron wheel protruded from the floor. The manual escape tunnel.
"The pressure valve," she panted, dragging the crates aside. "It's a two-person kill switch. One holds the weight, one crawls through the chute. If the valve isn't held, the hydraulic doors in the tunnel snap shut like a guillotine."
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