“Well, that’s not unnerving or anything,” Victoria said as Alex opened the door, her gaze partially on the floor from years of habit. “That like his ‘Spidey sense’ or something?”
	“Hey, there’s a first time for everything.” She glanced to him, his sweep of the hallway not going unnoticed. She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows at him, her weight leaning back on one foot. “That’s what I thought.” She gave a long, slow exhale, wondering if there could have been any traps laid for them if they left by conventional means.
	Victoria tentatively stepped out into the hall, a foot tapping once against the carpet as if it might jump up and eat her the moment she put her full weight on it. “I don’t suppose there’s a back door somewhere, is there?”