Chapter 272

Elodie's POV

The silence that followed the explosion was louder than the alarms.

It was that ringing, high-pitched vacuum that happens when your eardrums are trying to decide if they’re still functional.

I lay flat on the cold metal floor of the cylinder, my cheek pressed against the vibrating base. The yellow gas was swirling above me, a thick, toxic blanket, but the pressure in the room had