Grace called before sunrise. It was the first time Ethan heard her voice outside a locked room.

"You have ten minutes," she said. "Then this number is gone."

Ethan stood in the shadow of a closed pharmacy two blocks from the university. "Where is Nora?"

"They're moving

Ethan moved the moment the gray sedan stopped below. He lifted Nora into his arms, grabbed the small bag Grace had prepared, and headed for the back exit. Before he reached it, someone knocked at the front door.

"Ethan."

Vivian. Ethan froze as Nora tightened her arm

Lucas took Nora to an old research wing outside the main university campus. Vivian knew the place, and that frightened Ethan more than the locked gates. They arrived in separate cars, but at almost the same time. Vivian used her faculty access to get through the first secur