Chapter 47: Wren Picks a Fight

One star for the alley nap, zero stars for the hospitality.

Previously on The Signal…

After evidence gathering . . . and more evidence gathering . . . Val decides to return to Phylum.

Read Chapter 46: Val Comes Around

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The world surfaced in pieces. Hard floor under her ass. Cold plating pressing against her bare legs. That was bad.

Wasn’t it?

Something tugged at her jacket. Wren’s arm swung up instinctively, a clumsy swat that connected with nothing.

Go away.

Another tug, harder this time. Stale sweat. The smell cut through the haze. Sour, unwashed skin.

Not Val.

Not something she wanted to bury her nose in. Where was he any—wait.

Something else brushed the bare skin of her thigh.