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The lift chimed, and the doors slid open. The carriage wasn’t empty. An older man, the foreman if the label on his hard hat was to be believed, stood there, his phone in hand.
His gaze locked with Zee’s.
Eyes narrowed. Lips turned down in a frown.
He lifted his hand, pointing at us.
Stepped forward.
I acted on instinct, moving closer to Zee, my hand out as I pressed her back and shielded her. Ry was right there, too, stepping forward as he gripped my arm and shoved me back.
“Oi, stop right there,” a man to our right yelled.
His words snapped the foreman into action. He lunged forward and shouted, “That’s them.”
Time slowed, split seconds turning to hours.
I shifted myself bodily in front of Zee and grasped her hand. I needed to get her out of here. Danger was on two sides of us, a wall blocking our third. The only way we could go was left. I tugged her hand, but Zee hesitated, her feet glued to the floor.
Ry dodged the foreman’s charge. He stepped to the side, shielding us both with his big body.
Running footsteps to my right. I risked a glance sideways.
It was a security guard.
He was unholstering his gun.
We needed gone right that second.
There was no time to dash into the lifts. The foreman would be on us within a second.
Left, and hopefully, to the fire escape.
I yanked on Zee’s hand. “Move,” I demanded, my heart in my throat. There was no way I was leaving Ry there, but the desire to keep Zee safe and get her away from the dude with a gun was overwhelming.
“Ry, gun,” I screeched, pushing Zee away from him.
Quick as lightning, Ry reacted. He grabbed the foreman’s vest, using his forward momentum to push him off balance.
His foot shot out, sweeping at the man’s ankle. It connected with a dull thud.
The foreman’s eyes widened, surprise registering on his slack jaw. His foot stopped, but his body kept moving forward. Arms cartwheeling, he overbalanced.
Ryder shoved him toward the wall.
Without a second’s delay, Ryder dashed after us. For a man who was so tall, he was incredibly agile, catching up to us in only a few strides.
“Faster,” he hissed, grasping Zee’s elbow, the two of us sticking close to her.
“Freeze, or I’ll shoot,” the guard yelled, his heavy footfalls sounding behind us.
“Fucking shoot already,” the foremen growled.
Zee sprinted forward, her stilettos not slowing her down in the slightest. But Ry was no longer beside me. He’d paused, bending to pick something up.
“Hurry up,” I demanded.
A shot rang out, the bang louder than any noise I’d ever experienced. Instinct had me covering my head with my arms and crouching down as I ran, but Ry was still not beside me. Where the hell was he? I spun around, looking for him.
