44
I didn’t even realise I screamed, though the sound shrilled through my ears until my inner drums thrummed. I didn’t acknowledge the all-consuming pitch of the surrounding blackness, either, until light flashed through my shuttered lids bright enough to burn.
My body seemed to spasm—a singular jolt as though I’d been paddled.
“Jem.” Sean’s voice. Right beside me. Fingers dug into my shoulders, and my body shook. “Jem.”
My eyes flew open. The light bulb above appeared suspended in air and blinded me for a second, before I caught the shine of alarm in Sean’s dark-eyed stare.
Gasping, I shot up to sit, spinning to Josh on the bed beside me. He lay supine, his eyes still closed, unmoving, unflinching.
“Josh.” My yank on the hand still threaded with mine jerked him a little. “Josh.”
“W
