Chapter Thirty
One minute, I had my hand on the lobby door, shoving out onto the sidewalk, the next, my world erupted into heat and noise as a vehicle on the opposite side of the street exploded.
Everything went dark. I instinctively covered my head and stumbled as the blast pushed me backward.
The impact hit my face and chest, instantly overwhelming. The ringing in my ears, the burning on my face, the pounding in my head; if this was the afterlife, I sure as hell hadn’t gone in the right direction. I crouched, eyes watering, breath heaving as the heat slowly evaporated.
After a long minute, my senses fell back into place.
I struggled to straighten and glanced between the swirling clouds of smoke and debris. My hearing slowly returned, bringing with it a scream. A car alarm, too. A si
