Chapter 118

This is the end.

Kayda had not expected it to happen this way or this quickly. When Milo told her where Gorri and Lila had taken Cam, she immediately went to stand inside the stairwell chamber, pacing. Milo stood watch with her.

"I'm sure they're fine."

Then why did her instincts scream otherwise? "When was the last time someone checked the lowest chambers?"

"Given the rotation, it would have been six months or so." He shrugged. "I'd have to look at the etchings to be certain." The etchings being how Milo kept track of their harvesting. Too soon and food supplies might not replenish.

Six months. A long time, where anything could have happened. Walls were only as secure as their weakest point. Nasty critters had ways of getting in.