Chapter 6

I quickly ducked into the emergency stairwell.

They came out to check, but after a quick look around, assumed it was just the wind blowing through an open window.

Only Nadia lingered, frowning, as if something didn't sit right.

I fled the hotel like a man escaping a nightmare.

A sudden autumn rain hit hard and fast, icy drops running down the back of my neck and soaking into my shirt.

I wandered aimlessly through the streets. My phone buzzed again and again in my pocket—Nadia was calling.

"David?" she asked, her voice full of concern. "Where are you? I…