Liam cradled the dead weight of Emily's corpse against his chest, the whole world muted around him despite the chaos screaming in its wake. The eerie sound of helicopter blades slamming above dulled to hum, his full concentration on her pale face, her once bright eyes now half-closed, flickering weakly. With a hug, he could hardly feel her shallow breaths against his face as his hands reddened with her blood welling from the chest, wrapped tightly around her. "Emily, please." Liam's voice broke, raw with anguish. He gave her a gentle shake, wanting her to open her eyes to give him some evidence that she was still hanging on. But she didn't move; her body lay still, except for the laboured rising and falling of her chest.
Daniel's voice cut through the din of the chopper above, yelling fro
