Chapter 51. Strong Gene

Sheldrick stiffened again and clenched his fist tightly.

Venom smirked.

“Do you have anything else to say, Sheldrick?”

Aria had relocked the iron collar around her neck and ankle, clicking them back into place against the bolt like nothing had happened.

The cool metal bit into her skin. Her fingers trembled as she clutched the tiny stolen key. She pressed it deep into the crack in the stone wall behind her and shoved a bundle of blood-soaked cloth over it, packing dirt on top with a shaking hand.

She sighed finally and laid back down on the freezing concrete, her breaths slow and hot.

She stared up at the cracked ceiling, thinking and waiting.

The words of the female prisoner she interacted with earlier came to her mind:

"This prison is part of a vast underground maze. Designed like a puzzle. No matter where you run, it always leads you back here. Only the guards know the true exits. And even if you did escape, you have to be