ROMAN

I meet Mason outside. He takes one look at me and asks, "Are you okay? What happened?"

I feel way too emotional to speak right now and this never happens to me. I know anger. I know resentment. I know impatience. Need. Hunger. Even fear.

But what I experienced in there...this never happened to me before. It's a feeling I can't describe, and it was strong enough to make me forget that I'm rushing to find out what happened to Nikki and where she is.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Everything ...