DAMIEN

My heart plummeted like a stone in a deep, black lake.

Ralph turned around at the same time I did. His face was pale. Confused. Shocked. And that told me everything—he hadn’t expected this. Not even a little.

I stepped forward slowly, my voice low and dangerous. “Where the fuck is Keilah?”

He opened his mouth—but before he could say a word, the sharp crash of breaking glass echoed down the hallway like a gunshot.

Both our heads snapped toward the sound.

Ralph cursed under his breath. “Shit.” Then he was already moving. Fast.

He knew.

He fucking knew exactly where it came from.

I followed him down the...