The damp subterranean corridor felt like a concrete tomb so Alexander sprinted through the dark with dress shoes splashing violently through puddles of stagnant water.

Right behind him the young woman was stumbling because her bare feet were slipping on the wet floor as she struggled to keep the oversized trench coat closed over her body since behind them the heavy metallic clack of a security door being kicked open echoed down the narrow tunnel.

Beams of high-powered flashlights sliced through the pitch-black darkness to illuminate the thick moisture in the air "Halt police, we know you’re down here!" a voice bellowed from the entrance making the acoustic echo sound like it was coming from every direction at once.

Alexander’s hand flew instinctively to his chest to wrap fingers around the cold textured grip of the 9mm tactical pistol hidden beneath his torn shirt while his knuckles turned white.

He could easily draw it to spin around and lay down suppressing fire to buy them time but his rational mind screamed at him to stop because so far this was just public indecency and reckless driving since if he pulled a gun on a uniform cop this would turn into an attempted murder charge.

TMC wouldn’t be able to corporate-wash a dead officer so he knew if he drew the piece he would cross a line from which he could never return "Down here so move move!" hissed Alexander grabbing the girl’s wrist to pull her into a rusted side ventilation shaft just as a flashlight beam swept over the wall where they had been standing a second prior.

They crouched in the dark breathing heavily while the girl was trembling but it wasn’t from fear since she was still riding the residual high of the adrenaline with a wild breathless smirk plastered across her face before the screen of the TMC phone inside Alexander’s pocket flashed brightly.

TMC Priority Alert: Extraction team dispatched to your quadrant so secure a defensive position and evade visual contact for exactly 20:00 minutes because high-tier assets are neutralizing the local perimeter since you do not engage.

Alexander let out a long silent sigh of relief but the weight in his chest didn’t lighten because twenty minutes in a high-stakes theatrical production was an eternity since out here trapped in a concrete maze with the police closing in it felt like an absolute lifetime "Twenty minutes" muttered Alexander locking the phone and slipping it away "We need to keep moving so we can’t stay in one place."

The sound of heavy tactical boots began to grow louder marching down the main maintenance pipe so Alexander peeked out of the ventilation shaft to see the sweeping white lights getting closer and closer.

He gripped the girl’s hand tightly checking the structural layout of the ceiling where a rusted metal ladder led up to a secondary catwalk system used for the city’s high-voltage lines "Up now" whispered Alexander shoving her toward the metal rungs.

She climbed up with the trench coat flapping around her bare legs while Alexander followed immediately behind her until his feet left the floor just as an officer rounded the corner below to illuminate the bottom of the ladder "I think I heard something up ahead so check the secondary shafts!" the officer shouted into his radio.

Alexander held his breath with a back pressed hard against the cold iron of the catwalk staring down through the metal grating at the cop standing just ten feet below him as the flashlight beam danced erratically across the concrete floor.

Alexander pressed his body flat against the iron catwalk trying to blend into the shadows when suddenly the young woman slid closer with bare skin hot against his clothes.

Before he could push her back she wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips aggressively against his mouth trying to drag him back into the frantic eroticism of the chase so Alexander immediately grabbed her wrists to pull his face back "Stop it, they’re right under us!" whispered Alexander.

"If you pull away from me I will scream right now" whispered the young woman back with a dangerous playful glint in her eyes "Don’t forget that you are still completely mine for another ten minutes 815."

Alexander’s eyes widened in frustration because he glanced over her shoulder and spotted the distinct silhouette of another officer turning into the far end of the upper catwalk so he realized they were about to be flanked.

Reacting on pure desperate instinct Alexander hooked his hands beneath her bare thighs to lift her bodily off the iron grating intending to shove her out of the line of sight into a dark alcove but in his blind haste one of his fingers slipped past her pink underwear to accidentally drive deep into her tight anal opening.

The young woman gasped sharply while her entire body went dead rigid in his arms "Hey I heard something over by the high-voltage lines so they must be up here, run!" shouted the officer below as his heavy boots instantly thundered up the metal stairs toward their position.

Alexander aggressively launched her into the deeper shadows of the alcove diving in right behind her as the flashlight beams swept violently across the very spot they had just vacated. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The young woman clamped her teeth together so hard her jaw trembled desperately fighting back the explosive sharp moan that threatened to give them away since she pressed herself flat against Alexander’s chest with breathing completely ragged as she looked up at him with a face flushed in pure taboo ecstasy "I absolutely love that" whispered the young woman against his neck "Put it in my ass next time 815."

Alexander could only stare at her in absolute deadpan disbelief while his finger was still slick as he adjusted his grip on his hidden handgun because he realized this girl was a complete psychological menace while his heart hammered against his ribs.

They lay frozen in the pitch-black alcove for what felt like an eternity listening to the frantic footsteps of three officers searching the adjacent catwalks until suddenly the lead officer’s radio burst into a loud static-filled screech "All units in Sector 4 abort the underground sweep immediately so repeat abort, the suspects have just been spotted fleeing in a secondary vehicle on the main surface avenue since break off search and return to your cruisers now!"

The officers below stopped dead in their tracks "Copy that dispatch so breaking off sweep" shouted the lead cop sounding completely frustrated.

Alexander watched through the gaps in the stonework as the sweeping flashlight beams turned around with the heavy tactical boots quickly retreating down the iron stairs until the heavy service door slammed shut in the distance leaving the subterranean maze in total darkness so he let out a long exhausted breath completely drained by the chaotic performance as the countdown clock on his TMC screen finally hit zero.