Will Bear the Moon
To save her, echoing over and over, and he couldn't—he couldn't—
His heart slammed back to life without warning.
The first beat was a detonation. The second, a fist through his sternum. Each subsequent pulse arrived too fast, too hard, like his heart was trying to break free of his ribcage, tearing itself apart in its desperation to pump blood through veins that had forgotten their purpose. He could feel each beat everywhere—a violent percussion in his fingertips that made them twitch against the tablecloth. In his jaw, where his teeth ached from clenching. In his temples, where pressure built like storm clouds gathering.
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