Shattered Souls by Alison Mello

Author:Alison Mello [Mello, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alison Mello
Published: 2017-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

“Lexi, are you with me?” I hear voices around me, but can’t seem to open my eyes. Actually my limbs all feel heavy, too. Why can’t I move? Where the fuck am I?

“Why isn’t she waking up yet?” Mom? That’s my mom’s voice, and she’s sounds tired and scared. Shit, this can’t be good.

“It’s early, Mrs. Morgan, give her some time and she’ll come through.” I feel myself slipping back under, but not before she asks about my eyes twitching. “That’s normal. She’s probably dreaming about what actually happened to her. We see that often. It may be why she hasn’t woken yet, but we’ve stopped the medically-induced coma so it’s up to her now.” My mom sobs by my bed as I try to figure out what the hell happened to me. My brain is working overtime as bits and pieces start to come back to me.

I jump up in my bed, sweating, trying to breathe, but there’s a tube down my throat. My eyes are searching the room, and that’s when I see my mom by my side pressing the button on my remote. A squad of doctors and nurses come running in. “Welcome back, Staff Sergeant Morgan. I need you to calm down so I can remove the tube in your throat.” I nod and lie back. He tells me to close my eyes and relax. As soon as I do he pulls the tube from my throat. Fuck, that hurt.

“What happened? Where am I?” My voice is hoarse and sore, but I don’t care. I need to know what’s going on.

“How much do you remember?” The doctor asks me.

I close my eyes. “Mission gone bad, we took on gunfire.”

“Good, that’s good,” the doctor tells me. “A mortar was launched at you and your team. Luckily for you they had bad aim. You were, however, thrown into the air. You had brain trauma, and some minor shrapnel fragments the surgeons had to remove before shipping you here.”

“What about my team? Where the fuck is my team?” I’m panicking. I don’t remember leaving. He looks to the floor, but doesn’t say much, and I know this fucker is keeping something from me. “Tell me.” I’m angry and he knows it.

“We lost two guys.” I turn to the door to see Pierce standing there with his arm in a sling.

“Who?” My voice is soft, barely a whisper as I try to talk past the lump in my throat.

He walks in and stands by my bed. He takes my hand. “I’m sorry, Morgan. I tried to save you all. I did, but I couldn’t save her.”

“No.” I shake my head as tears stream down my face.

“Bailey and Callahan are gone.”

“No.” I heave as I try to control myself, but it’s not working. I heave again, and this time the doctor is there with a bucket. There isn’t much in me to vomit, but I empty what little I have.

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