Six
Detictive Martins was sure she was dead, and she was certain she had been sent right into the starving depths of a searing hell. The heat that engulfed her was unbearable, scorching in some places of her body, and blistering in others.
White noise filled her ears, sending jolts of violent pain into every corner of her skull, death threatening to tear her open from the inside. Her lungs burned for air, her chest tight as it fought for a single breath. The smell of smoke, the feeling of being strangled, and the sharp taste of blood took her asunder until Agent Blade’s coughing brought her back to the living present.
Forcing herself to breathe through the pain, she took in the thinning air, the potent sting of smoke in her lungs, sending her into a coughing fit. The chemical smell scor
