Chapter 14 When The Sky Opens

• The red lights slid across the rain-smeared window like the eyes of something alive.
• My breathing echoed loud inside the mask Liam had shoved over my face. The tranquilizer gas swirled in the cabin, turning the edges of my vision hazy. The pilot’s voice was no longer on the intercom—only the low rumble of the engines and the occasional metallic groan as the shadow clung to the roof.
• “Liam…” I managed, my voice muffled under the filter.