Locked Down

Aiden’s POV

The shock was a massive, physical blow, worse than the bullets tearing through my legs.

It was an impossible, sickening twist of the world. I was so utterly shocked when Elira fell off that ledge. 

One second she was there, spitting fire at Luca, and the next, she was gone, swallowed by the blackness of that drainage slide.

Something finally clicked in my head. The feeling of blinding urgency and devastating loss washed over me. 

My body couldn't move. Infact, it was a useless wreck of fractured bones and torn muscle, but my mind…

My mind was screaming. The haze of confusion  lifted, and I was...