Chapter Eighteen

By the time they reached the Ewing settlement, it was already early morning, and Zuker was determined not to speak to her. He ran across the square toward the Ewing house up on the hill, and Elyssa followed in her own quiet way. It wasn’t in her interest to irritate him while he was worried about his sister.

In addition to that, there was a newfound hatred for Rita, one that resulted from Lucian knowing her first, and somehow ending up with her outside the labyrinth. What were they really doing together, anyway?

Outside the guest house of the Ewing compound, she walked past men in black suits standing guard; it was unusual. Rita would be in the main house, so what were these mean-looking men doing here? As they stepped aside, they gave her a nod, and her brows quirk in curiosity. She looked herself over, perhaps they tell she just escaped the labyrinth with the ceremonial robe she wore?

“Elyssa, I see you made it out.”

At the sound of Vi