The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy)
“The red sensor lines stayed on. They cut eerily across the darkened room, like streaks of blood and impending doom.
Anya held onto Nin out of sheer terror—both their hands were lukewarm to each other’s touch, because both their bodies were ice-cold.
Nin had placed the parchment in a plastic sleeve, which he prudently stored in his wrist device. He had gotten what they had come for—now came the hard part of retracing their steps and making a clean getaway.
They heard a voice coming on outside: “...Lockdown activated.” It was the same mechanical, automated voice as before.
“That’s supposed to happen just once,” Nin uttered to Anya, as he started guiding her back to where they had entered the vault. He tried tuning in to Dresan over the earpiece, but could only hear crackling feedback.
* * * Outside the janitor’s room, Tavia watched as the head guard rushed out to another area in the Omega unit, where all the guards on duty were assembling. Her earlier orders from Nin were to wait for Dresan’s signal to her, for yet another fingernail-tapping distraction, once Anya and Nin were ready to emerge from the secret vault.MoreLess
Anya held onto Nin out of sheer terror—both their hands were lukewarm to each other’s touch, because both their bodies were ice-cold.
Nin had placed the parchment in a plastic sleeve, which he prudently stored in his wrist device. He had gotten what they had come for—now came the hard part of retracing their steps and making a clean getaway.
They heard a voice coming on outside: “...Lockdown activated.” It was the same mechanical, automated voice as before.
“That’s supposed to happen just once,” Nin uttered to Anya, as he started guiding her back to where they had entered the vault. He tried tuning in to Dresan over the earpiece, but could only hear crackling feedback.
* * * Outside the janitor’s room, Tavia watched as the head guard rushed out to another area in the Omega unit, where all the guards on duty were assembling. Her earlier orders from Nin were to wait for Dresan’s signal to her, for yet another fingernail-tapping distraction, once Anya and Nin were ready to emerge from the secret vault.MoreLess
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