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A firerabbed her by the waist “It’s not safe”

Gus growled and barked

Megan shoved at the fireo Nash,” she screamed She couldn’t even look at the fireht sliding straight down to her bones No No No

Another explosion cracked through the air, sending round Like the pits of hell opening up and sing her happiness

She struggled against the fireot no way out”

“You can’t go in there,” the fireman snapped “Let us do our job”

He suddenly released her, and without his support, she dropped to her knees with Gus barking next to her “Nash,” she breathed

Chapter 8

The explosion shook the ground beneath Nash’s feet Hot swirling flah the barn, unable to escape the blistering heat Right as he’d entered the burning barn, Nash had questioned his sanity, rescuing kittens he’d never wanted He still questioned his sanity now And yet, he only knew he needed to get them out

The roar of the fire was deafening as he crawled along the floor beneath the thick layer of sulfed in flames In fact, there wasn’t , hoping to hell the kittens here his mother had left them Nash couldn’t recall a ti that always motivated him before Fear woke hie of anxiety, he kneas pushing hih In the PBR, he absorbed that intensity and used the ripe energy to win Though now, crawling through the barn in fla of hian, about his child, and about the kittens that desperately needed him

Get in Get out Fast

A piercing yowl had hi the wooden shavings then spotted the kittens in the hay pile He coughed against the thick air, yanking his shirt over his head then placing the kittens inside Christ How little and fragile they were

Another explosion rippled through the barn He held his breath, waiting and hoping to hell the barn didn’t crash down around hi wood beaainst his chest, he crawled out of the stall, noticing the back doors were now engulfed in flaan blasted through hishim he needed to act now

Straight ahead of him, the black smoke was a low, thick cloud over the top of his head There was no going out the front or back There was only one way out now He crawled as fast as he could with the wrapped-up kittens in one arulfed in flames

When he got inside, thehad fla up the curtains Nash placed the kittens down for a molass until it shattered “Here,” he yelled