Identity Zero novel · Chapter 17 of 32
Chapter 17: The Zero Wing
The van stopped at the second fence.
A guard opened the gate, and it rolled through, and the gate swung shut behind it.
Jesse was out the barracks door before he'd decided to go.
Twenty-Two caught him on the steps with both arms.
"Don't," Twenty-Two said. "Seventeen, they'll put you in there with him."
"Let go."
"I will. Tonight." Twenty-Two held on. "Not in daylight, man. Use your head for once."
Twenty-Two was right, and Jesse hated him for it.
Jesse stood on the steps until the van drove back out empty.
Gideon came to the barracks at lights out and stood in the doorway.
"Seventeen. Outside."
Nobody snickered this time.
Twenty-Two looked at Jesse and gave one short nod.
Gideon walked him behind the gym, into the dark between the floodlights.
He opened his hand.
The key on the green tag.
"I ran the ridge at lunch," he said. "Sallow thinks I'm training for the overseas job."
"Where does it go?"
"North wing, back door. I copied it from Curt's ring two years ago." Gideon's jaw tightened. "I never used it. I didn't want to know."
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of Identity Zero are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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