Chapter 10
The Bunker's Lullaby
Lina settles the children into the bunker's clean beds, explores the white room with Mindaugas, and discovers the red dot on the map. The group shares a quiet meal, and Lina reflects on the fragile peace before deciding to investigate the northern signal tomorrow.
The door clicked shut behind us, and the silence changed. It wasn't the hollow silence of the tower or the tense quiet of the forest. It was a soft silence, like a blanket settling over a room.
I stood in the center of the white room, my children beside me, and let myself breathe. The air was cool and dry, carrying a faint smell of disinfectant and old paper. The lights hummed gently overhead, casting a steady glow that didn't flicker or fade.
Beds lined the walls, six of them, each with a thin mattress and a folded blanket. A table with four chairs stood in the middle of the room. Shelves held books in neat rows—picture books, novels, a few old textbooks. A kitchenette in the corner had a sink, a small stove, and a cabinet stocked with canned goods and bottled water.
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