"Mason," I called while adjusting the gun I’d taken. "Send me the location. I’ll go to Sapphire first. I’ll take a different route."

It wouldn’t be easy to leave this place together. The hotel was large, and whoever orchestrated this clearly planned everything. This person wanted to toy with us, not kill us.

But I don’t have time for games.

"Alright," he replied. "We’ll create a diversion."

On cue, I ran in a different direction. I made sure to move to areas without CCTV cameras, ...