The elevator doors opened without a sound. She hadn’t pressed any buttons, yet it had taken her straight to the restricted floor beneath the building. The lights here were different. The air was cooler. Everything pulsed faintly with a soft blue glow that made the walls look alive.
She wrapped her arms around herself, unsure why she’d even come. The message on her terminal had appeared just before midnight. One word.
Come.
She’d told herself she wasn’t going to obey him again. But her feet had moved anyway. Her heartbeat had sped up, heat pooling low in her stomach at the mere thought of him. It wasn’t normal. It wasn’t right.
But this wasn’t human.
She stepped into the hallway, the doors closing behind her with a soft hiss. The walls vibrated faintly beneath her fingertips as she wal
