14
Hazard Pay
“Selena!”
Calvin’s voice, urgent. I cracked an eyelid and winced at the light shining in my eyes. Everything hurt.
“Are you all right?”
“Define ‘all right,’” I muttered.
“Can you feel your fingers? Your toes?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
His arm slipped under me as he helped me up to a sitting position. I blinked, and realized I was at the base of the stairs, with lights blaring all around. Except for the heavy beating of my heart, the place seemed utterly quiet. The demons appeared to have checked out for the evening.
“What happened?” I asked.
Calvin was positively grim-faced, mouth and jaw taut. “I was hoping you could tell me that.” He handed me my phone in its wallet case. “I found this on the landing. Good thing you keep your phone in that case — it looks like it sur
