Chapter Fifteen
Heat radiated outward from that stinging spot on my neck, a cascading wave of pain, as if every cell in my body seemed to be cresting some agonizing tide. I heard myself cry out, but it was though that sound had come from an entirely different body, as if I was listening to someone standing far across the room.
Slumping, I dropped to my knees. The hybrid and the agent both stepped away from me. All I could do was bend over, body folded on itself as the pain continued to radiate through every nerve. With it came darkness, a rushing black I knew would soon swallow my awareness.
Fight it! I heard someone call out to me. It could have been Otto’s voice.
It could have been mine.
I squeezed my eyes shut. The Raymond/alien, the hybrids, even Paul — I couldn’t think of anyth
