The Missing Charger

The shrill screech of the phone alarm shattered Evie’s fitful sleep. She groaned, slamming her palm against the cracked screen to kill the noise. Her limbs felt like lead. The lingering tremors of yesterday—the heavy metal door of the warehouse, Marco’s dark, suffocating presence, the cold fear crawling up her spine—had finally crashed into a crushing, bone-deep exhaustion. Today was supposed to b