“Move faster,” Jessica snapped urgently. I kept moving. Liora was weight and heat in my arms. Her body was limp, the way she had been that night I had saved her from certain death. The crowd broke and sealed behind us, the music collapsing into a hush that felt like a held breath. Daisy ran at my elbow, Shaun clearing the path like a storm with his hands. We hit the infirmary door, and it banged back on the hinge. “Set her down,” Jessica ordered. I did, and then I couldn’t make my hands unclench. “Water. Cool cloth. Space,” she shouted out. Dean hurried to get everything she needed. Shaun and Daisy were ushered out of the room, while I stood at the foot of the bed, my eyes fixed on Liora.
“Fix it!” Ace roared.
“I’m here,” I told Liora, even though her eyes were closed. “I’m here,”
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