“The red room.”
Everybody stops.
Even Gabriel.
Hannah’s breathing turns uneven.
“It wasn’t a room.”
Cold slides down my spine.
“What do you mean?”
Her gaze lifts slowly toward Gabriel.
“It was underground.”
Oh no.
No no no—
Gabriel goes pale instantly.
“Hannah…”
Her voice shakes harder now.
“There were tunnels under the facility.”
The air leaves my lungs.
She remembers.
More than that—
she’s connecting things.
“The children weren’t all kept in one place,” she whispers. “Wu moved them through underground transfer systems.”
Russ stares at her sharply.
“Transfer systems to where?”
Hannah looks horrified.
“I don’t know.”
Another tremor tears through the corridor.
The ceiling splits wider overhead.
Gabriel grabs Hannah’s arm.
“We remember later.”
He practically shoves her toward the pipe.
Good.
