Hades
As the elevator doors closed around us, Eve's voice was quieter, more vulnerable. "Where is Ellen now? Is that why Cain isn't here? Did you have him watch over her?"
"She's safe," I assured her quickly. "Do you know about the Eclipse Rebellion?"
"Of course," Eve replied without hesitation. "The rebel group fighting against my father."
"They've been rescuing people from the Cauterium for years. They saved Ellen when she escaped, and she's under their protection now. But Eve, we have a deal with them—I promised to find a way to get them supplies. We're all racing against time, and—"
My words were cut short by a disembodied howl that echoed through the elevator shaft, so raw and primal it made my blood freeze. The sound was barely recognizable as coming from anything that had once been human.
