Page 110 of Heart of Dawn
Cate and Paige tried it next, their attacks missing because the corridor collapsed, taking us into pink smoke and debris. My right ankle twisted when I landed heavily, giving out from under me. I pitched forward, bracing myself with my hands. They snagged on metal, something jagged slicing the top of my chest.
Shit.
I rolled in this new chasm. My head struck something hard.
Too hard.
Everything went dark.
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
ORION
Stars! My knees hurt along with my nose, as did everything else.
Pink smoke licked at me nervously, recoiling as I got back on my feet.
Curse Dawn and its floor-breaking nonsense!
I stood on uneven ground inside a hole resembling a large grave. Water leaked from broken pipes, jagged pieces of metal pointed at me, ready to slice and dice.
I made sure to avoid them, taking some steps toward a replica. It became a pool of watery honey, another one gone.
“Hello?” I spoke into the pink smoke, my voice hoarse.
A body moved, getting to its feet.
“Miko?”
No. Replica. The other one got up with it, both pointing to the real Miko.
The real Miko was bleeding from his chest and head. Unconscious. Barely breathing.
No. Stars, no. I ran to him, every piece of dread, every single nightmare condensing into this one form of fear.
The fear of losing him.
I fell to his side, knees crunching on metal. “Miko…” I touched his face. Cold. So cold. “Wake up, Miko. Wake up.”
Thump… Thump…Too slow, not the right rhythm.
“Miko, please. Just wake up…”
A groan, a head rising out of the smoke, pink eyes fixing to me.
“Paige…” I said.
I flung blood in her face. She hissed and went back down, thrashing, clawing at the air.
“Wretched fae!” Dawn screamed.
Cate sat up next. She received the same treatment, rolling around this makeshift grave with her comrade.
I smoothed Miko’s short, sweat-damp hair with the back of my hand. “Miko…”
“This is your end! This is your end!”
“Come on, Mr. Robot. Wake up.” Miko shouldn’t be cold. He shouldn’t be bleeding like this. He needed my healing, though his wounds seemed out of my range to heal.
