KieranVera’s chest stopped moving.I felt it first before I understood what I was feeling—that sudden absence of rise and fall under my palm, that moment when her body just went still in a way that bodies aren’t supposed to go still.“No, no, no, no,” I said. My voice sounded like it belonged to someone else.Rowan was driving. His hands were tight on the steering wheel, and he was focused on the narrow underground tunnel in front of us, but I could feel him waiting to hear what I was going to say next.I put my hands on her chest. I’d never done CPR before. I’d never learned it. But I’d seen it enough times on television that my body just started doing the motions anyway.Push. Push. One two three four five.“Come on, Vera,” I whispered into the space between us. “Come on, baby, come on.”“Is she okay? Has she…” Rowan started, but he didn’t finish the question because he already knew.“She stopped breathing,” I said. I was already leaning over, and I pressed my mouth to hers, trying
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