His eyes snap toward me.
And for one second I think maybe nobody’s ever told him survival wasn’t a sin before.
Then Hannah appears beside us.
Blood still stains her hands.
Avery’s blood.
She gently squeezes Eli’s arm.
“We go back for the others later.”
Not if.
When.
Eli’s face crumples instantly.
Then he nods.
Gabriel motions sharply.
“Move!”
Eli disappears into the pipe.
Russ follows next.
Then Gabriel turns toward Hannah.
“You first.”
Protective again.
Brother.
The realization still feels surreal.
Hannah hesitates at the pipe entrance, staring into the darkness rushing below.
Not fear.
Thinking.
Always thinking.
Then she suddenly freezes.
Completely still.
I know that look now.
Memory hit.
“Hannah?”
Her eyes unfocus slightly.
