Chapter 113: No Safe Haven

The rain came down in sheets, washing blood and soot from Emily's skin as she stumbled into the open air. 

The sky was a bruised shade of gray, morning struggling to break through the heavy cloud cover. 

The ruins stretched before them — cracked concrete, skeletal remains of buildings long since swallowed by the war, and narrow alleyways twisted into a maze of danger.

The distant crack of gunfire echoed, muffled by the downpour, but it was enough to keep everyone's nerves on edge.

Lena was the first to speak, her voice sharp and brittle. "We can't stop here."

Emily wiped rain from her eyes, her chest heaving with every breath. 

Her body screamed for rest, but rest wasn't an option not with Hale's voice still ringing in her ears, not with turrets, traps, and enforcers no doubt right behind them.