Chapter 16: Four Minutes Nikolai He knew in four minutes. He had known something was wrong in two — the […]

Chapter 15: Partner Elena Two weeks. She had been counting, at first — the marks you made on a wall

Chapter 14: What He Knows Nikolai He woke before her. He always woke before dawn regardless of when he had

Chapter 13: What We Don’t Say Elena They did not talk about the car. The file was on the library

Chapter 12: Thirty Seconds Nikolai He told himself he would stay in the car. He told himself this in the

Chapter 11: The Inside Line Elena She found it at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, and the finding had the

Chapter 10: Twenty-four Hours Nikolai She had been awake for twelve of the twenty-four hours, and in those twelve hours

Chapter 9: The Wrong Door Elena She had been cataloguing exits since day one. It was not something she decided

Chapter 8: What We Were Carrying Nikolai The chess set was between them but neither of them was playing. It

Chapter 7: The Calculus of Alive Elena She heard the shots before she understood what they were. The car had