CHAPTER 49
Kimmie woke up from another blackout, trying to remember what she was doing on the floor in a room full of smoke.
Someone was calling her name, someone muffled and far away.
Where was Pip?
She tried to push herself up, but there was no connection left between her brain’s demands and her body’s ability to comply.
“Pip!” She was screaming the word, or at least she thought she was, but she couldn’t hear herself.
Smoke stung her lungs. She tried to cough, but the hot pain streaking from her ribs immobilized her completely.
What had Chuck done to Pip?
“Kimmie.” She ignored the voice. She had a job to do. She couldn’t fail her brother. If only she could remember how to move.
A man’s face frowned down at her. Fingers touched her face, but she didn’t feel them. He was saying so
