All hell broke loose in the blink of an eye. Screams, gasps of shock, and the director's furious roars blared all at once, merging into a deafening wall of noise. Nathan crumpled onto the ice-cold floor in a sorry heap. All the color drained from his face, leaving nothing but bottomless, suffocating panic and searing, unthinkable agony. He tried desperately to move his legs, but all he felt was a bone-deep heaviness and numbness, so intense it felt like it was eating into his very marrow. That feeling was far too familiar. It was the exact same crippling despair he'd felt seven years ago, right after the car crash that had left his legs completely unresponsive. "No! That's impossible! My legs were cured! How did this happen again out of nowhere?!" He roared at the top of his lungs, po

