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“Are you okay?” I said.
“Fine. The impact was a little… heavier than I expected.”
I flinched.
As the shock of death wore off, I became aware of the sharp stabbing pain in my thigh.
I hissed through my teeth and raised my legs slightly, turning so he didn’t touch it.
“What’s wrong?” he said. “Did they hurt you?”
“It’s the fall,” I said. “I think… I think I might have broken my leg.”
A thud brought our attention to the angry Changeling soldiers gathered around the railing above us.
“She’s on the first floor of the engine bay!” a Changeling soldier hissed into his communicator. “Converge on her now! And she has a friend!”
They turned and ran from the railing.
It was only a matter of time before they reached us.
Dyrel turned and ran.
Each step sent an excruciating lance of pain up my leg. Sweat blossomed on my brow and up my back.
Dyrel dealt with his own pain and limped toward the exit.
He knew where he was heading. He glanced down the steps, his boots clanging on the hard metal floor. He rushed down one flight of stairs, then another.
I wished I could relieve him of my weight but there was no way I could walk. Definitely not at the speed he was going.
He gritted his teeth through the pain. But with each flight he completed, that pain became less evident, until he reached the bottom step.
He rolled his shoulders and snapped his neck to one side, making a series of loud pops that sounded agonizing. He grunted with satisfaction and sighed.
“Did you just break something?” I said.
“I’m fully healed,” he said.
Titans were fast healers? That was news to me!
He moved without a limp through the deep darkness we occupied. We were in the cargo hold. Huge spires of crates rose like skyscrapers. They were draped with nets.
He moved without hesitation, already operating at full capacity.
With the stinging pain in my leg, I wish I had the same ability.
“My ship is ahead,” he said. “I have a first aid kit on board. It won’t heal you but it should help.”
We were close to escaping.
My hero.
I thought I would never see him again.
As I peered up at him through the misty haze of agony, I clutched him a little tighter, wrapping my arms around his muscular frame.
“How are you here?” I said.
