Chapter 53
- The single, dark speck of blood on Eli’s lips was a death sentence.
- “Radiation poisoning,” Anna whispered, her voice a raw, broken thing that was barely audible over the hiss of her own air filter. “It’s not just his lungs. It’s in his blood.”
- Her scientific calm image shattered, replaced by the raw terror of a mother. “The filters… they’re not enough. Not for a child. He’s… he’s burning up from the inside out.”