Defying Fate
““Nobody’s been back here since Elise disappeared,” she said as she unlocked the door for them. “Bet she still has a few toys around, if you want to play with them.” Neuma winked at James. “Not the fun kind. Sorry.”The office had always been gloomy and lightless, but the destruction had made it even gloomier. The windows looking down on the gaming floor were cracked like ocean ice. The back half of the office was covered in debris from a collapsed roof.Nathaniel stood in the middle of it all. His puppy-brown eyes tracked over the giant slab of a desk, the executive chair, the bucket filled with half-smoked cigarettes.As soon as Neuma was gone, James made a quick sweep of the desk for anything dangerous, but all of the drawers were locked and the surface was clean. “You can work here,” he said.Nathaniel settled into the leather chair. Its massive silhouette dwarfed him.“Can I get you anything?” James asked.“Privacy,” Nathaniel said. “Mapping is hard. I have to zone out.”James’s eyes fel...l on a closet in the corner.MoreLess
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