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Taking the tube, she pressed in their destination—and nothing happened
Mace watched her, his ht line, as she pressed the location into the panel again Itanywhere
“They’ve disabled the elevator” Mace grabbed her hand and pulled her back into the hallway “This one’s on a separate circuit They’re cutting us off We need to hide”
“Wait”
“Keiko, we don’t have time”
She ignored hi so fast she feared it was going to explode “Look for a panel with three raised dots in the corner That’s the one with access to the crawl space The guy who fixed the AC in my office last su of every roos”
She was grateful when Mace didn’t argue but started exa panels “There” He pointed to one just in front of the elevator doors
“Can you ju her sweaty palms on her stolen shorts, she kept her eyes on the corridor, waiting for the moment when Freedom would appear
Mace bent his knees, jumped, and pressed the exact spot that Keiko would have needed a ladder to reach The panel slid down silently “Bingo,” he said “You’re a genius”
“True,” Keiko said “Now hurry Get in there”
“You first” Without hesitation, Mace grabbed her waist and thrust her through the opening into the crawl space
Clutching the edge, she pulled herself inside and rolled out of the way to give hiain, all he did was bend his knees and ju onto his stomach fast before his head had a chance to hit the concrete above them
Keiko reached past him and slammed her hand on the button to close the panel A few seconds later, they were lying in the di forand the concrete of the building was ether by a steel h to easily hold their weight There was only one entrance to the crawl space in each room, and no way to crawl from room to room, unless access had been cut in the thick concrete walls for that purpose Basically, they were trapped in the so
In the diave hi her shake her head at hi the reassurance of touching hientle kiss on the back of her hand, stealing her breath as well as the panic building within her
In his gaze, she saw pro happen to her, no matter how much it cost him She squeezed his arm and blinked back tears Stupid tears of fear—she was afflicted with them