Chapter 63:
"Do it."
Sarah's voice is calm.
Dominic's knife is at her throat and his hand is shaking and she's looking at Kael with steady eyes.
"Sarah—" Kael says.
"Do it." Her voice doesn't shake. "I've been dead for eight years. I'm not scared of being dead. I'm scared of him walking."
"Sarah, I'm not gonna—"
"Do it."
Dominic screams.
"Nobody move! Nobody move or I swear to God—"
And I see it.
The gun.
Sarah dropped it when Dominic grabbed her. It's on the floor by the window. Three feet from me.
Nobody's looking at it.
Dominic's looking at Kael. Kael's looking at Dominic. Sarah's looking at me.
I move.
I don't think about it. I don't plan it. I just move.
I dive for the gun. My hand closes around it. It's cold and heavy and my fingers find the trigger and I'm on my kne
