Chapter 26: Mental Warfare
Phoenix woke up screaming.
Jayce was beside him immediately. "What's wrong?"
"I saw her. Elizabeth. She's alive. She's not dead. The thermite didn't kill her. She's healing. She's—" Phoenix clutched his head. "It's in my head. I can hear her. She's talking to me."
"That's impossible. We saw her die. We saw the body burn."
"I know what I saw. But I also know what I'm feeling. She's in my head. In my consciousness. She's—"
Sarah entered the room. They were in a safe house. Rural Washington. Three weeks after Elizabeth's death. The cure was being distributed. The world was changing. Everything should have been fine.
"What happened?" Sarah asked.
"Phoenix says Elizabeth is alive. That she's in his head."
Sarah went pale. Pulled out a medical scanner. Ran it
