12
Bianca blinked away the dust in her eyes, coughing violently as she tried to move, but she couldn’t. She was pinned. By what? Oh right, a building had fallen on top of her. How was she still alive?
The dizzy thought danced around her aching head as she tried to process what had happened. Then her gaze settled on Soren in the suffocating darkness. His body was pressed against hers, crushing her into the floor. Everything hurt, even her eyes.
“Soren…” She shifted an inch, and it cost her so much energy that she went limp, panting for breath in the dark ruins of the factory.
“Soren, are you okay?” She breathed his name, and he stiffened above her.
“No,” he rasped. “Not again…can’t be trapped…” He panicked, thrashing above her, the rubble still groaning and shifting around them.
She r
