NO

It was cold. So cold that Halle’s teeth almost began to chatter, Xavier noticed right away and he looked down at her, lips pulled down with worry.

He rubbed his palm up and down her skin to generate warmth while they walked and Halle’s skin broke out in goosebumps and not from the cold.

The basement had dim lighting and a hallway that stretched for miles. It was practically a whole new building down here, designed like those hidden science facilities she often saw in movies.

She could barely keep her jaw from dropping to the floor as Xavier led her deeper and deeper into the hallway.

His expression was passive as the walked but he glanced at her face at intervals and continued to rub her arms while mumbling something along the lines of, “Should’ve brought a fucking jacket!”

After a whole minute of walking, Hale began to notice doors on each side of the hallway, long and black metal doors with outdated doorknobs.

“What...” She was awed by the structural design alone, how did they