I should have known tonight’s festivities would bring explosions with them. That familiar rumble of the ground had come to be Matt and Sabine’s tell-tale sign. Which only meant one thing; the end of all of this had begun. Each explosion came closer and closer, and by the third, I was on a nervous wreck abandoning my perimeter search and heading back to Allison. By the time the fourth explosion rumbled the ground, Ali was in sight. The shaking floor beneath her feet sent her off balance and stumbling backwards. My feet had never moved so quickly before, rushing forwards and wrapping my arms around her waist before she could so much as touch the floor.
Ali snuggled into me but I pulled my head back, wanting to look her over and make sure she was okay. Her eyes locked on mine. “What’s going
