KAIA
Mom collapses the moment we're through, her legs giving out. I catch her, lowering us both to the dusty floor. Her weight is almost nothing in my arms—she's lost so much weight, her frame fragile under the torn hospital gown.
Vincent sinks down beside us with a pained grunt, finally admitting his limitations.
"You okay?" I ask him, even though the answer is obvious.
"Better than I would've been if you hadn't fought like that." His eyes meet mine, and there's something new in them. Something that makes my stomach flip. "Where did you learn to fight like that?"
"I don't know." And it's true. Those moves, that speed—I've never fought like that before in my life. "It just... happened."
Lewis and Talia stand near where the portal was, staring at the now-solid wall. The opening has co
