The adrenaline caused his heart to race faster as sweat endeavored to form on his face, only to be whisked away by the cold winds of the creeping November winter in Chicago. Twenty-one floors high, Mike Auburn stood on a six-inch I-beam looking at the city below him. The sun, blood-red on the horizon, added a grim look to the city when mixed with the swaths of people leaving their daily jobs. Go back home to your reality TV and frozen pizza. Mike thought.

I’m out here for a reas. . .

Prologue

“Run!  NOW!”  TJ shouted, yanking at Allison’s sleeve.  Her eyes were focused on the ground, where their friend lay, twitching slightly.  An arrow shaft stuck out of his chest.  Her first thought was that it was all part of the game – just some elaborate prank for the newbies on their first outing.  If so, it wasn’t very funny. 

But there was no way that arrow was fake.  The noise it had made when it struck.  The blood that was rapidly spreading across his clothes.  The r. . .