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“Sit up,” an echoey voice said, but I was too terrified to respond “Sit up, Desiree Letoff your head”

It clicked That voice I knew that voice

“Aiden?” I forced out

Light suddenly filledwas pulled away I kept ain, Aiden was in front ofon the seat of the car The sun was directly behind hi a halo As far as I was concerned, he literally was

“Desiree, thank God,” he said and pulled me into him

I sank into his shoulder, sobbing

“My hands,” I ed to mutter

“Let htly Froun he had sat on the floor of the car The heat froh that I could feel it on my ankle

Suddenly, my hands were free, and I wrapped them around him, heedless of the pain and the blood onhad faded, but tears were still streahtly

“You came for me,” I said

“Always,” Aiden whispered “Always”

“Let’s get out of here”

There was a slight pause, and Aiden pulled th He stared deeply intoit hard to maintain eye contact I wanted to find a path to safety

“Don’t look around too much,” he said “Keep your eyes on me, okay?”

I nodded “I won’t”

“Okay, follow an to slip backward out of the car I noticed hiun from the floorboard, and I snapped ot out of the car ain

The scene was grisly Three cars were riddled with bullet holes With htly shut, I followed Aiden with et past bodies lying on the ground After what seemed like forever, I could sense another car, and a door opened

“You can look now,” Aiden said “Go ahead and get in”