AIDEN POV
“The hallway is narrow. The cameras are looking down. We use the walls. Hands and feet on opposite sides. Stay above the lens angle. Move from dark corner to dark corner.”
He stared at me.
Then at the ceiling.
Then back at me.
“You want us to climb the hallway like spiders.”
“Yes.”
“You hate spiders.”
“I hate being seen more. And we could be Spiderman like when we were five.”
For one second, his mouth twitched.
Almost a smile.
Almost Keres.
Then his eyes dropped to my legs, to the way my knees were still not completely steady, to the blood on my wrists, to the sweat probably turning my face gray.
“No.”
I hated that word.
I especially hated it from him.
“Yes.”
“You can barely stand.”
“I am standing.”
“You are aggressively pretending to stand.”
“That is still st
