'Asher? That was quick.'
He sighed. 'Bo and her people are dead.'
'All of them? There were children-'
Asher grimaced. 'Everyone's gone, Jake.'
'And Maya?'
'She's fine. It was her that killed Bo, said she had no choice after Nightmouth corrupted them.'
'But children?' Cali interrupted.
'I don't know if she killed them, all I know is, they were gone like the rest.' Asher muttered, glancing around. 'No flooring?'
They all stared at me, Violet included. Like she was innocent in all this.
'There wasn't time!'
Asher nodded, maintaining a poker face. 'Just like there wasn't time for you to worry about windows and doors?'
'We could smash through.' Cali suggested before I'd had the chance to bite back.
'That'll take too long,' Asher noted, rubbing his hand across the rough steel wall. 'Hold tight; I'm going to try something.'
