Chapter 50: AdriftI've known for a while that when I go, I'd be kicking and screaming and covered in blood. I just didn't think it would all be my own.
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Scarlett's head sagged. Her leg screamed in pain as blood dribbled from the chunk of wood buried in her side. More blood pooled in her damaged left ear.
Her chest heaved as each breath came with effort. She dared not move or she'd encounter the wrath of the rest of her wounds. If she'd had any tears left, they would have been streaming down her face.
She turned her head and looked from the corner of her eye.
Neil stood over her, the barrel of his plasma pistol aimed at her head. His face was flat, expressionless. He looked back at Derrick's dead body.
When she spoke, she tasted blood. “So… You gonna kill me now?”
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