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“It all just happened so fast,” she says as I get us turned around and head down the street “The blast hit, we ed to make it to the door, but it slaet it back open after it sealed shut We were terrified Herrin’s guys were about to burst in with Colleen and Maya stuck on the other side”

My hands grip the steering wheel as I glance over to Maya, seeing her motionless with that blank stare

“Pressure sensor If it senses an explosion of any kind, it’s set to shut and seal to preserve the stability of the foundation, ensuring the blast doesn’t cause harned to be a panic room, so to speak Or a panic floor, actually”

I cut the wheel, driving us toward one of the off-grid houses Drex owns It’s big enough to hold several of us We’ll scatter for a few days, then regroup after finding a new spot to call ground zero Going home is sure as hell out of the question

I reach over, taking Maya’s cold, li how she doesn’t even react

“How’d she knoas a trap?” I ask Eve

“I have no idea We watched that disgusting video Herrin sent, and suddenly she was asking questions and calling you”

“What kind of questions?” I ask her, turning down another road that takes us deeper into the desert

“Questions about Lizahas she been with the club? Other questions like that And then she went into panicrooht now if she hadn’t told us to go downstairs Just atte”

I squeeze Maya’s hand in et only a s

Eve grows quiet and pensive, and I try not to think about what Maya e and I would be in a fight if she brought those up aloud, because Sledge would want her dead for an accusation like that

And nore is the level-headed one

A text coht, and I release Maya’s hand so I can text Jude back

JUDE: Herrin is still in the wind, but we have ten guys, including Hershel They were surprised AF that we showed up Got Liza too Sledge is gonna fuck Hershel up himself

I glance at Maya fro endlessly, and text him back