ark and jumped out. He pulled o

e forced herself to move. She

e rough asphalt

whipped her long, unbrushed hair a

She climbed the metal stairs of the boarding r

in. The air was warm and smelled of

d straight to a single, isolated seat

ckle of the seatbelt and shove

to taxi down the runway. Within seconds, the

sure shifted.

f her skull. It was the lingering side effect of the Transc

The edges of the cab

h. The nausea rushed up h

d against the seatb

r knees buckled, but she caught h

narrow aisle toward

door, lunged inside, and sla

nees. The hard floor

e stainless steel

tter, yellow bile. Her throat burned. She coughed, gasping fo

mpty, she grabbed the edge of

She cupped it in her hands, rinsing the foul taste

d up at t

er was a ghost. Sunken eyes

breath. She unlocked the

standing ri

held out a perfectly folded, p

. A surge of pure, unadultera

hand and slappe

luttered to the ex

scle ticked in his cheek. His eyes

gers wrapped around her th

bones in her wris

he hissed, his face inches from her

he stared right back into his eyes. Her gaze wa

flickered in his expression. He scoffed, a

suit cuffs, smoo

us said, his voice dropping back to that cold, b

r like a physic

's shoulders collapsed. The f

o had ever truly loved her, she swallowed her pride.