We'd made it into the air and off Orin hours ago, and this ranked pretty high on my relief scale.

I sat against the wall opposite the Vicious room, staring at the closed door, as I plucked the iron from my tongue and placed it in my pocket. The room was located near the end of the dining room hallway near a hanging light. A few steps to my left stretched another hallway that led to the infirmary and Mase. Ellison had said he would be fine, that the bullet just skimmed his ...