Chapter 54:
"Dad. Dad!"
I'm in the ditch with my hands on Marcus Halloran's chest and I can't find a heartbeat.
"Kael!"
He's already there. Shoves me aside. Puts two fingers on Marcus's neck and his other hand flat on his chest and he's counting and his jaw's tight.
"He's got one," he says. "It's weak. But he's got one."
"CPR—"
"Not yet. If he's got a pulse I don't do compressions." Kael's already ripping Marcus's shirt open. "Sarah. Get over here. You were a nurse?"
"Forty years ago."
"Then get over here."
Sarah crawls through the mud with her cane forgotten and her hands are on Marcus's wrist and she's counting under her breath.
"Pulse is forty. Maybe forty-five. It's thready." Her face is gray. "He's in trouble, Kael. This is cardiac."
"Ambulance is six minutes out."
"He do
