I shivered so hard, my hands loosened their hold on Mase's arm.

Deep inhales pressed to the cracks in the door. Like they were sniffing us out. We'd been found within minutes of their arrival, which meant there was no way we could outrun them. Where would we go anyway?

Mase moved from in front of me and crept toward the corner of the pantry to a shelf piled with spare rope used to tie meat to the ceiling to hang. He coiled the ends between both fists and snapped it ...