Sucking hard on the chandelier chain in my mouth, I pulled away from her and looked her in the eyes. "I'm afraid I can't do that. No more lies. No more half-truths or keeping secrets." I locked gazes with Mase. "To anyone. Because we're woefully short of last chances to save us all."

Mase carefully took the gun away from Ellison. "So what you're saying is shit's fucked out there, and we're all going to die."

I heaved a hysterical laugh. "Pretty much." ...