My body jerks so hard that pain shoots up my spine. For a moment there is no air. No sound. No thought.
Then my heart slams back to life with a violent crack. It feels like something punched through my ribs from the inside. Silver light bursts across my chest in branching patterns. The glow races along my skin like veins becoming molten. My back arches in Adam’s arms as if an invisible force is pulling me upward.
“Addison.” Adam’s voice tears through the ringing in my ears. He gathers me tighter against him. “Look at me. Stay with me.”
I cannot. My vision whites out as the silver spreads toward my throat. The light pulses with every heartbeat. My breathing turns shallow. Sharp. Ragged enough to hurt. It feels like my lungs are filling with moonlight instead of air.
I clutch at Adam’s a
