2:00 AM. Motel 88, Victoria Mainland.
The ceiling fan wobbled on its axis, making a rhythmic thwack-thwack-thwack sound that was driving Sophia insane.
She sat cross-legged on the stained bedspread, her knees pulled up to her chest. The room smelled of stale cigarettes and mildew—a far cry from the lavender-scented sheets of...