Some of them looked at me as soon as I stepped into the hall.
Their eyes lingered, curious, measuring, but no one came near. Not when Raye's arm was looped through mine, guiding me along like I belonged.
Whatever she was, whatever her place was here, it kept the others at bay.
Still, every glance I caught sent my stomach twisting.
I already had a bad feeling the moment I stepped foot in the hall.
I couldn't explain it. It was instinct, the kind of dread that coils in your chest before your mind catches up. Something about this place was ominous, whispering warnings.
I wanted to believe I was wrong.
But then Raye confirmed it.
Welcome to Undercity.
I froze. My lungs stopped working. My body turned stiff, unresponsive, as though disbelief alone could hold me together.
Undercity?
No. She couldn't mean that Undercity.
But wasn't there only one Undercity?
