Aria sat in the chair for twenty minutes before anyone came back.

She used the time to study her surroundings. The warehouse was bigger than she'd first thought. Shipping containers stacked three high created a maze of corridors and hiding spots. At least six guards that she could see, plus whoever else might be hidden in the shadows.

The air smelled like salt water and something else. Something medical. Antiseptic. The kind of smell that came from cleaning up blood.

Her stomach ...