Lila’s POV I gasped as air slammed into my lungs. My eyes flew open to peer at a light that was shining directly in my face. Pain shot throughout my body as I felt tubes and wires sticking out of me. As my body trembled, I tried to grasp my surroundings. I had no idea where I was, and I wasn’t e
“She’s awake,” Dr. Laureen stated. “But she’s going to need to rest for a little while.” “We don’t have a little while,” Jazzy hissed through her teeth. “We only have an hour.” “Then get everything set up. By the time you are finished, she will be well enough. She has a fever and I’m pumping her
It felt like Xander was preparing me for something and now I think I know what it was. I kept my ears open for any sound around me. I heard a light heart monitor coming from another room and I wondered if that’s where Sarah was being held. I kept my eyes on Dr. Laureen as she spoke and travele
Lila’s POV My heart was pounding as I stood over Dr. Laureen. I had never done anything like that in my life and my adrenaline was rushing. I bent down and pressed my middle and pointer fingers against the nape of her neck and felt a pulse. I was relieved that I hadn’t killed her, but I needed t
“I don’t know what they told you, but these people aren’t what they seem…” I tried to explain; I didn’t know if she was going to believe me; but I really needed her to trust me. We needed to go before they found us. She glanced around the room before her eyes landed on me again. “They told me
Lila’s POV Loud sirens rang throughout the building, nearly rattling my brain, but I knew I had to remain focused if I wanted to get us out alive. Red emergency lights began to swirl around as well. I knew the door to leave this place was near the elevator, but it was surrounded by rogues enteri
Without saying anything, I ripped the page out of the book and shoved it into my pocket. “We can climb up the side. There’s a ledge that leads to the ladder. It’s not a far climb. From the roof we can figure out how to get down,” Sarah said breathlessly. I nodded and ran toward the window just a
Lila’s POV “Enzo!!” I yelled as the dark snake-like tendrils lifted me through the air to be joined by Sarah who was also struggling against the tendrils herself.We were no longer near the roof, but closer to the ground. Jazzy had a bonfire already made in the clearing of the forest and all her su