“You already had places like this.”
Gabriel gives me a tired look.
“We’ve been fighting Sentinel a long time.”
We.
Not just him.
A network.
Survivors.
People who escaped.
People who remembered.
The SUV finally stops inside the dark warehouse garage.
The second the engine dies, exhaustion crashes into me all at once.
Emotional.
Physical.
Mental.
Too much.
Clay notices immediately.
“You’re fading.”
I huff out the weakest laugh ever.
“Pretty sure I faded three breakdowns ago.”
That tiny smile he gives me in response?
Dangerous.
Soft Clay might actually kill me faster than combat Clay.
Russ exits first with Lucas and Miles to secure the perimeter.
Mason’s team spreads out quickly through the warehouse.
Efficient.
Used to this.
The little girl finally falls asleep against Miles’s shoulder, exhausted beyond tears.
Nora quietly helps Eli walk toward the stairwell entrance.
And for the first time since the tunnel—
they almost look normal.
