Chapter 82
Nick
Oh my god, Nick!” Mila runs over to me and throws her arms around me.
“You’re alive. You’re okay. Where’s Captain?”
She helps me walk Callum over to the truck, which is sitting lopsided on buckled pavement.
I’m numb. I don’t know how I manage to speak, but I do. “She… she was standing in the part of the building that collapsed.
Mila looks like she’s been slapped. “What?” she breathes.
I nod, not trusting myself to speak.
“She was trying to save me,” Callum whispers.
He looks at me with round, wet eyes. “He saved me.”
Mila takes a deep breath. “Okay. We can feel all of these feelings later. Right now, you’re the most senior of us remaining. What do we do, Captain?”
Captain.
She’s right. I can grieve later. Right now, I have to lead. But there’s a question I need to hear the answer to, even if it terrifies me.
“Where’s Tristan?”