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“Is it hard to do?”
“Just mind over matter. I have to practice meditation and breathing a lot.”
Interesting. “Well, I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to help you with River.”
He bows his head. “Yeah, I think this point goes to Kyle. I gotta give him what he wants.”
“Which is?”
“The formula. Morris’s vial.”
Is he crazy?“Absolutely not, Huff! You can’t ever give him what he wants, no matter the cost.”
“What am I supposed to do? Leave River in there? If I don’t see her soon, she’ll die.”
Huff means if he doesn’t fuck her, she’ll flatline. What a messed-up relationship.
So my choices are: (A) let Huff hand over the vial to get River back and watch humanity implode. (B) Let his childhood sweetheart flatline. Or (C) try to storm the hospital and end up in a government gulag with my cameraman.
“Huff?”
“Yes?”
“Where’s the vial?” I ask.
“Why?” he asks defensively.
“Because I vote for option D.”
CHAPTER TWENTY
Huff
“Are you out of your fucking mind, Luna? I am not injecting you with the formula.”
“Why not?”
“Because it’ll probably kill you.”
“A risk I’m willing to take,” she argues.
“Why?” I ask.
“Who wouldn’t want to travel anywhere in the world with a mere thought? Or be able to lift cars?”
“Your heart will explode if you don’t get the dose correct. Look at Morris. He made the stuff, and he couldn’t even get it right.”
“Yes, but he was taking that other concoction, too. Who’s to say that’s not what overloaded his system?”
She’s crazy. “Exactly! Who can say? And let’s pretend for a second that the initial dose doesn’t kill you. To keep you alive, we’ll have to give you more and gradually reduce the dosage so your heart doesn’t explode. We don’t know if we have enough for that.”
“We also don’t know if it’s more than enough.”
Huh?“Luna, the stuff in that vial isn’t even the same juice I used to come down.”
“That’s my point. The other formula was much, much weaker than what you were exposed to.”
“Yes, but—”
