Chapter ThirtyMore than half his attention was with Riley, who he had sent back to help Bryan when it was taking too long and the approaching men were too close. Mason was hurt, but Alaric couldn't tell how badly. His stomach burned, like Mason's pain echoing through him. He opened his mouth to say something, but then there was an echoing bang and everything went black.
All of his senses shut down. He was blind and deaf. Pain ripped through his head, as if the bullet had struck him. He was screaming, but no sound was coming from him. Beside him he felt the flicker of Sahara behind the wheel of the truck. It lurched and Alaric grabbed the dashboard as the truck jostled them.
He wasn't sure Sahara was even on a road. He could make out very little detail but the emptiness where Riley was su
