Chapter 148: Leigh

Go!

Time braked to an almost standstill while that word slanted through my horrified, tumbling mind directly to my roots. Hallelujah that they knew what that vague order meant. They punched through the concrete walls in all directions, flinging pebbles into my bare skin and eyes, and snatched me from my freefall.

Tick.

Darby stopped her fall on the same ledge that had caught her before three feet down from the surface.

Tick.

Other roots snaked up the wall toward the falling car, but its weight crushed them into a slow explosion of splinters.

Tick.

The car's front bumper was inches away from Darby's head.

Tock. Now, centimeters.

My mouth opened on a throat-tearing scream that would rival my baby sister's. My muscles threatened to lock up with fright, but my mind plowed through it, the only thing not moving in slow motion.