Only You
Tiana cried over and over again, her small voice breaking with a devastating, uncomprehending grief as she struggled against the waitress's tight hold.
A brave passerby immediately sprinted into the middle of the road, dropping to his knees beside Ana. He placed two trembling fingers against her neck, desperately checking her pulse. It was incredibly faint, fluttering like a trapped moth, but it was still there.
She was bleeding heavily, a dark crimson pool rapidly expanding across the sun-baked tarmac.
Ana’s eyelids fluttered open, her vision blurry and fading fast into the encroaching darkness. Her chest heaved with a wet, rattling breath. The pain was entirely consuming, but her only thou