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but she could see how eager Logan was, so she relented.
    “How about this one?” she asked, pulling out
a random box.
    “Oh, I like that one,” Logan agreed.
    They were still playing when the huge door
clanged and screeched open and Luke peered around the corner with a
look of panic spreading across his face. Logan jumped to his feet
and knocked the game board over, sending tiny plastic pieces
clattering onto the concrete floor.
    “Michael took off!” Luke gasped.
    “What? Where’d he go?” Logan asked.
    “To see Victor.”
    “What?” Logan shrieked. “They’ll kill
him!”
    A lump swelled in Allison’s throat, and her
heart began to pound savagely in her chest.
    “He just said he needed to talk to Victor
and he jumped up and ran out before I could stop him,” Luke
groaned, shaking his head.
    “Damn it!” Logan swore. “What was he
thinking?”
    Logan drew his fist back and punched the
concrete wall so hard that it sank inward, sending a shower of
concrete bits onto the floor and left a fist-sized indentation
behind. He swore again as he pulled back his throbbing hand and
nursed it.
    “We have to go get him,” Luke said.
    “But we can’t leave Allison!” Logan
argued.
    “They’ll kill him !” Luke
reiterated.
    “Go!” Allison said suddenly. “Lock me in
here. I’ll be fine. Just go!”
    Logan turned to Allison and grabbed her
shoulders. His eyes were glistening as he stared deeply into
hers.
    “We can’t leave you alone,” he said.
“Michael would flip out.”
    “Logan, go,” Allison demanded. “I saw what
happened to him before. You can’t let him go alone.”
    Logan was silent as he mulled things over.
He stood there motionless, his hands trembling as they held her
shoulders.
    “Come on,” Luke said. “We’re losing
time.”
    “ Go ,” Allison urged once more.
    Logan’s head dropped forward, and he exhaled
sharply.
    “Fine,” he relented. “But you stay put!”
    “Like I could get out of here if I wanted
to,” Allison groaned. “Just go!”
    Without another word, Logan followed Luke
out of the room and the heavy metal door clanged shut behind them.
Allison slumped into her chair and froze. She felt numb. She knew
she should be afraid of being alone there. She was trapped. If they
did come for her, she’d be defenseless. But she couldn’t feel much
of anything.
    Then it hit her. These men would really die
to protect her. Michael had been seriously injured defending her,
and now the others were running off to fight by his side to keep
her safe. All along she’d been defensive, angry, and belligerent.
She suddenly felt intense remorse. What if they were all killed?
They might die never knowing how much she appreciated it. She
wasn’t thinking about the fact that if they never came back she
would starve to death alone in that underground bunker. She was
only worried that she would never be able to express her
gratitude.
    In that moment… that lonely, agonizing
moment… Allison suddenly realized that she should truly feel
grateful to the pack. Now she might never get the opportunity.
    The time crawled by like sap dripping slowly
down the trunk of a tree. Allison gnawed her fingernails down to
nubs while nausea washed over her in waves. Finally, she rushed to
the toilet and vomited.
    As she kneeled before the toilet with the
cold tile against her knees, she heard the screech of metal. She
wiped her mouth with the back of her sleeve and scrambled to her
feet and out the bathroom door. Michael appeared in the doorway as
the heavy metal door swung open, and Luke and Logan entered
immediately after him. Allison sank to her knees and burst into
tears, hiding her face in her hands.
    Michael joked, “Sorry to disappoint you, but
we’re back!”
    Allison growled and shouted, “Don’t you dare joke right now!”
    The smile quickly faded from Michael’s face,
and his expression softened. “Hey… I’m sorry,” he said gently.
“Wow, you’re really upset, huh?”
    Michael