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I lunge forward, scrambling for the bridge, mind blank with nothing other than the need to justget to him.It’s like my body already knows what’s about to happen before my brain has a chance of catching up.
“Sky—”
Crack.
He freezes.
I suck in a breath—a shout—a curse—a plea—
Nononono—
Even through the pouring rain and pervading darkness, I can see how white his knuckles are where he grips the rope railings on either side of him. His shoulders hunch up, almost like he’s bracing himself.
Just as I skid to a halt where the bridge starts and grab the railing, he whirls around, those big, sooty brown eyes of his wide and terrified, pale, trembling hands outstretched toward me.
“SKY!”
Snap.
Lightning cracks across the sky, echoing the sound of wood breaking—rope splintering—
A roar fills my ears, and all I see is him.
Him.
This sad, pretty boy I wanted nothing to do with.
A boy who was just smiling and laughing a second ago, who is now looking back at me, begging me to save him, his mouth open in a silent scream. His cheeks white, devoid of that flush I didn’t even know I adored until it was gone.
Skyler.
And thenhe’sgone.
It collapses. All of it. The entire bridge just…crumbles, taking him with it as it plunges into the tempestuous water below.
I crash to my knees right along with the destruction, hitting the dirt with a thud I don’t feel, arms outstretched like I could reach out, pluck him up, and pull him toward me.
But he’s too far away.
He’s too. Far. Away.
I curl forward, fingers biting in the earth, and watch in horror as his body hits the water.“SKYLER!”
Lightning splinters the plum-hued sky—blinding my vision with bright white flashes. Thunder explodes, bouncing off the rocks. Rain soaks me down to the bone, and Skyler is…
Gone.
Just like that…
He’s gone.
CHAPTERTWELVE
SKYLER
It happens so fast.
Faster than last time I died.
