I’ve never seen him smile… never…He caresses my hair before he stands up and fixes the sheets where he was sitting, before casting one last look at us before he leaves the room.He cared?My heart hurts.I wipe my eyes, not wanting to miss anything as I click on the next video. This one is darker,
~ MILENA ~It’s two hours later as we go through every single thing that Milo had put together, things he had risked so much to gather. We now click on the last item in the file, aside from the one labelled for me.Milo’s face pops up on the screen, and my emotions get caught in my throat. One of ou
“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