Chapter 21

Holly shut the door and Justice began to pace around the big room, trying to walk quietly. His footsteps could echo in the cavern, and he didn’t want to disturb Holly.

He recalled his talks with the Saviors about the Colonists and their offspring. He felt certain that the male who had put Holly in this position had been one or the other.

However, the fact that the man referred to someone as his ‘master’ led him to believe the male had been a Colonist offspring. A Colonist calling someone else master simply didn’t make a lick of sense. It went against every fiber of their evil makeup.

So, if the man had indeed been a Colonist offspring, they had a lead to the Colonist—if they could find the male.

Holly had said she thought he lived in her apartment building. If he stuck around after his little game with Holly, he shouldn’t be too hard to find. The fact that he’d heard the argument between Holly and Billy meant he lived close.

The first thing he needed to do would be to get a hold of Noah tomorrow, and he wished he’d kept the cell phone Blake had offered him on the way out. If he had, he could be discussing things with the male right now.

Cursing, he sighed. He’d have to head back to the silo in the morning and tell Noah of this latest development.

He entered his quarters and decided to sleep with the door open in case Holly needed him. After pulling off his t-shirt, he folded it up and set it at the foot of his bed. Sitting down, he kicked off his boots, then laid down, lacing his fingers behind his head.

He had to tread very carefully with Holly. She could never find out he was from a different world; never realize that he knew so much about her; that he’d been living in the bunker for two years.

Speaking of which … he rolled off the bed and got to his feet, realizing he’d never locked the gate at the top of the hallway entrance, and he should double check and verify that the door to the room where they grew their crops and where the computers sat was also locked. It would be hard to explain to Holly how the plants had grown without anyone living here.

He quickly made his rounds and settled back into bed. As he slid into sleep, Holly’s light blue eyes danced in front of him, pleading for his help, begging him to understand her predicament.

Tomorrow, he would approach Noah about helping Holly.