Or I was really here for the first time; it was hard to tell which. Gone was every physical sensation. There was no pain, no frightened fluttering, no connection to anything physical at all. It was an unfathomable relief I never even knew I needed, as though I’d been in pain all my life without k...
I stayed where I was until my eyes began to adjust and the black receded to shades of grey, helped along by the dim light of the monitors. Flashlight beams cut swathes of visibility and bounced along as pairs headed toward their assigned locations. “Ready, Ballard?” Pierce...