Midnight Siren

~Raina~

Jess texted at 11:47 PM: I'm outside. Go.

That was our system. She parked two blocks from the building, engine running, and sent one word when the coast was clear. I was already dressed. The carbon fiber suit lived in the false floor of my wardrobe behind the winter coats, a cavity I had engineered myself, measured to the centimeter, and lined with sound-dampening material so the zip didn'