Chapter 15Fate is a giant, three-headed dog and I feel like its favorite bone.
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Something buzzed in the void. Out of the blackness, the buzzing transformed into a series of repeating beeps. The sounds echoed on forever, growing louder and louder.
Scarlett's eyes fluttered open. Shards of sunlight passed over her head to light up the far side of the room. “What the f…”
She rose up onto her elbow to see the noisy device on her nightstand. A dull ache radiated through her skull and sharp stab of a cracked rib shot through the center of her chest. She groaned and the odd angle of her head sent an extra throb of pain to the back of her head.
Sensing her motion, the commphone projected a hologram of Sven's face. Above her boss's visage, a small clock read six thirty five. Scarlett groa
