Labyrinth

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He turned left

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He turned left. Was this the way out? Each white hallway looked exactly the same.

They had asked him to join a scientific study. He hadn't known that meant leading him blindfolded into a maze and starting a timer. Shouting and banging on the walls had done nothing. They wanted him to find his way out.

He turned left again—and sniffed the air. He smelled animal musk.

A growl shook the floor.

He had made a faulty assumption.

He wasn't the lab rat finding his way out of the maze. He was the treat for the rat to find.

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