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With one sweaty hand, he reached out and found the sharp corner of the wood Mateo drew his ar it as hard as he could
Crack! He sucked in a sharp breath, but with pain caainst the dresser, he’d earned hily bruise, but that didn’tsense of the visions he was seeing, so that he could help protect Nadia
Panting, Mateo leaned back against the wall Another dream surrounded him already, but the combination of Nadia’s spell and the ache from his arm allowed hi a h the enormous waves behind her rippled and crashed at her co fro like the tendrils of vines, until they snaked around the throats of every sick person, stealing breath and life--
And Nadia was there, powerless to stop her
Mateo easp The storht be showing him the future, but it was the very near future Maybe not even hours ahead--maybe only minutes
If he could reach Nadia before Elizabeth cast that spell, ive her a chance to prepare and save the people at the hospital It ht save Nadia, too
Where was his stupid phone? He swore as he realized his father hadonly to help his son to rest while he went to inspect the restaurant for quake-related dah the house Chances were Dad had put it in the kitchen, right by the door
As he walked into the kitchen, so the only person ould come here now had to be Verlaine
Instead he opened the door to see Gage
In that first second, Mateo thought the strange reddish haze around Gage was only a reh, it hit hiic at work
But that first second was all it took
Gage’s auy who tackled Mateo to the floor--he wasn’t Gage any longer Mateo landed hard on his back, but he e froht there on the kitchen floor Gage never spoke; Mateo never bothered Inninja kicks and manful blows In reality, it usually ca, never quite knoas going on He pulled his punches as e wasn’t hiuy up But whatever had Gage in its grip wasn’t playing by the same rules
Mateo could think only of Nadia, in so et to his dae slammed him down so hard that Mateo couldn’t breathe It felt like his ribs e--but what if that was the only way he could get out of this alive?