Lena
“GET DOWN!”
Rowan’s shout ripped through the corridor.
And everything exploded.
The ceiling gave way.
Concrete crashed downward.
Metal screamed overhead.
Dust burst through the hallway like smoke.
I dropped instantly beside Mason.
The impact shook the ground beneath us.
A deafening crack split the corridor.
Then—
Something slammed into me.
Strong arms.
Kane.
He pulled me against him just as debris crashed where I had been kneeling.
The world disappeared into noise.
Concrete.
Dust.
Screaming metal.
And for one terrifying second—
I couldn’t breathe.
Then silence.
Not complete.
Just broken.
The ringing kind.
My lungs burned.
I coughed hard.
Dust coated my throat.
Emergency lights flickered weakly through gray smoke.
Kane’s arm still wrapped around me.
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