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“Me too,” I say, and it’s not a lie; he was a great friend.“So, we’re in, huh?” Xander says, entering the room. “Dad said to let him know, but think I should let him sleep, although he didn’t seem tired at all after that fight; if anything, he was wired up.”“He was a beast,” Milena smiles, amused.
~ ZION ~Twelve hours of waiting outside the ICU, the clock dragging like it knew exactly how to torture me. Every second felt like an hour, and every breath felt like it might be the last before the one that breaks me.Nurses passed by, machines hummed behind closed doors, and I just sat there, sta
‘Wrap this up!’ I shout through the mind-link. ‘Milena’s down, I’m taking her!’I run past the bodies, the damage and the blood. None of it matters. Only her.The image of the hammer crashing into her skull keeps replaying in my mind, looping like a nightmare. I can still hear the crack, see the way
~ ZION ~Chaos explodes around me. Shouts and gunfire spreading, the sounds ring in my ear. The sharp scent of blood fills my nose as bodies fall. Through the madness, I catch sight of Sean, staggering backwards as he tries to flee with one arm ripped off entirely from earlier. His other shoulder lo
A gunshot rings through the air from behind me, making me stop dead.Havok.I turn, my breath frozen in my lungs, every sound suddenly dull except for the pounding in my ears. I stare at the entrance, willing him to walk through it, willing him to be okay.But I know he won’t. Something has happened
~ MILENA ~I’m just about to step out the door when someone speaks from behind me, “Just a minute there, Ruin.”I stop and look at Reaper, his cunning eyes fixed on me.“Yes?” I ask, focusing on my heartbeat. Something about him was off… and then suddenly it hits me where I have seen him before. At