Chapter 92: Rescue Effort

Duet's immediate reaction is expected. "It's a trap."

While I have my own fears about that fact, I trust Beckett and know there is one way to convince my sister she won't be able to debate.

"We have to save Poppy." I know it's unfair, that I'm manipulating Duet, but her next act is to run back to the SUV so I know I've reached her.

The moment the door closes beside me, I feel him again

inside me

around me

mind holding mine

flashes of images, of fire and Crawlers and dying kids

I jerk loose as we pass over a large bump. "That way," I gasp, pointing toward the distance. He feels close, very close in fact.

Duet bounces over the edge into the grassed median, driving along the side of the road. It's smoother here, less torn up by frost and time. And then I'm

with him again, screaming, he's drawing back his bow

arrow flies, kills a Crawler