The realization felt like a dam breaking, the knowledge flooding her mind, death’s dark appeal laid bare yet reduced of its potency. Alice let her emotions churn. Her selfish desire to find a way out, any way, had brought harm to the very people she should have been protecting. Mike’s capture was her fault, no one else’s, and carrying on with Red was piling error upon error. He had to be her priority now—getting him out and nothing else. It was time to stop, run, and get help.