Her head drooped forward, looking for the pillow that wasn’t there, and she planted her face right in the carton. The soggy siding gave out and Roxie woke as her nose clogged up with melted ice cream. She sat upright and snorted and coughed, then wiped her face and felt so...
A broad stairway spiraled up along the circumference of the space she stood in, with a featureless slab of rock lining the stairs like a thick bannister. The stairs were smooth and even, and the rest of the space was empty. Roxie approached the stairs and gazed up them. A ...
Maybe twenty minutes ago, Jenna had urged all them to watch the file with a woman named Kara in it, so they’d scrambled to Donai’s room and watched it together. Right after that, Jenna answered what questions she could, and pointed out details that weren’t obvious the first watch-through. Now the...