CHAPTER SEVENTY: RED LIGHTSNOVA POVThe sound of the monitor wouldn’t stop. That flat, endless beep was a sound that doesn’t belong in real life, not in my type of life, it belongs in nightmares.“LENA!” I screamed, but someone caught me before I could reach her door. My fists hit a chest, solid and annoyingly unmovable. I didn’t even have to look up to know it was Grant. His arms were around me, and its strength was, holding me back while I kicked, screamed, clawed at him to let me go.“Let me go, Grant! Please! That’s Lena—she’s—”My voice broke into sobs I couldn’t swallow.Through the glass, I saw flashes of doctors moving fast, someone pumping her chest, a syringe, then another. Her body jolted but it looked lifeless, then fell still again.I pressed my forehead to the glass, whispering prayers I didn’t even believe in. Please, please, not her. I can’t bear having another blood on my conscience.Grant’s voice rumbled low behind me, but I couldn’t hear him. Not really. Everythi
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