DANNY POV

Chloe’s face appears through the hatch like a nightmare I dragged into daylight myself.

My mistake.

My weakness.

My goddamn reason for breathing.

The corridor freezes around me.

Shards of broken glass glitter across the floor like scattered teeth. A strip of emergency light flickers above us, stammering in the dark.

She shouldn’t be here.

She cannot be here.

“Chloe—NO!”

My voice rips out of me before I can stop it.

But she’s already pushing herself up through the ...