Aida POV

Argent is literally dragging me out past the back exit of Beta Stone Lodge and into the small wilderness beyond its borders.

I've dreamed of this day for as long as I've been here, being out amongst the wildlife I have envied and painstakingly observed on an expert stalker level through the windows back inside the facility.

I've waited for this day so impatiently. Waited to be granted even a little bit of freedom.

But not like this. Not being pulled along like a small, unwilling child. I'm scared. I'm petrified, actually. But I'm also excited. It's a huge thing for me, being free of the walls that...