Ding. The elevator rumbled open as I swung around the corner into the room.
The light on the ceiling sputtered. Another door on the opposite side of the room crashed open. A high keening shivered up my shoulders from the hallway. Much too close. If that was how fast Saelis could move, I'd never make it. Even if they didn't see me, they would hear the doors crashing open and my pounding feet across the titanium floor.
Exhaustion weighted my limbs, but I couldn't dare let it slow me down. I flew through the doorway into a larger room, and the door slammed shut behind me. Heavy-looking metal containers, almost as high as the ceiling, lined the walls under a blinking light. I remembered this room from iron and Randolph hunting.
But I didn't remember the high-pitched giggle or the old cheese smell. Both the sound and smell curdled my insides to jelly.