Chapter Thirty
Rever Space Station
But something didn’t let go.
Joel froze in place as everything fell down around him. Sam had grabbed him by the collar. She had pulled her sword free and jumped the second after he did, stabbing her weapon into the girders on the way down, then she had grabbed him by the collar. They dangled over death.
“Sorry I ruined your moment,” Sam said, coughing through the cloud of debris.
“You’re forgiven,” Joel said.
Cody and Reggie climbed from the platform to the level two doorway. Reggie found an emergency firehose just inside level two, and they lowered it down to pull Sam and Joel to safety.
The Notches collapsed, exhaustion and relief getting the better of them.
“Well,” Joel said, his voice hoarse from inhaling the concrete dust. “That happened.”
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