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And I saw that she was very much aware of the conversation at hand

“You’re such a bitch,” she whispered, her voice hoarse

I laughed I couldn’t fuckin’ help it

“At least I’m only one bitch You’re like three bitches”

The wo to earlier, Winter, snorted “Catori That’s not nice to say about your own personal hero”

Catori smiled “Probably not”

CHAPTER 5

The right wohten you a little

-Overheard conversation between Lynn and Laric

CATORI

I felt like utter shit

I’d thought that I could tell what utter shit felt like based on having the flu last year, paired with strep throat, that turned into bronchitis

I’d thought that I had an inkling of what ‘on death’s door’ really meant

But I had no clue

Because all eight tiht back in that ambulance, I’d felt

Honestly, I’d been doing poorly I’d already pressed the damn pain button—or Adam had—at least four times now since I’d been awake Apparently, you can do it like clockwork every fifteen minutes

I’d pressed it a h the door

Now, I didn’t feel much pain

Now, I only felt relief that he was there

I’d thought I’d dreamed him

But, technically, I had dreamed him

The night that I’d seen hiht Then got up the nextabout him

How freakin’ ironic was it that I’d run into hi him do that on the screen

Then, in some sick twist of fate, he’d not only been there when Thor had done his worst tohis entire body weight onsure that I didn’t bleed out

Coers didn’t do that

At least, most wouldn’t

Then, in another twist of fate,

And now, I owed them both

A lot