Chapter 24
Scout jumped to her feet and ran to the doorway, the dogs charging after her, but there was nothing to be seen. No fleeing figure, no one lurking in the shadows. Had it really been an insect?
Just the thought made Scout’s flesh crawl. Was this place really filled with killer insects too tiny to be seen?
Shadow barked his shrill warning cry and Scout turned back to see Liv pulling herself half out of the hover chair. Her body was starting to spasm much as Viola’s had, but there was a fierceness to her eyes. She likely knew what was happening to her, what poisons Clementine had access to and their effects on the human body. She likely knew just how much time she had left, and despite her claim to be weary and ready to die, she was fighting for every last second of usable time.
