Die Again Tomorrow by Kira Peikoff

Author:Kira Peikoff [Peikoff, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-08-13T16:00:00+00:00

What happened next was a blur—rushing to the scene in disbelief, only to be met with Chris’s sobbing moans—he slipped and hit his head, nothing I could do. A pool of dark blood was leaking out of the doctor’s scalp, staining the deck. His bluish lips were parted, his eyes open and staring. Unblinking.

Richard stood next to her, staring hard at Chris.

“Is he—dead?”

Chris’s lowered gaze told them the answer.

“Then do something!” Isabel shrieked. “You know what to do!”

“It doesn’t work in all cases,” Chris muttered. “He could have a subdural hematoma . . .”

Galileo caught up to them then, the gawking crowd close behind him. When he caught sight of Quinn’s body, all color drained from his face. In a split second, he was on his knees, ripping off his shirt and tying it around Quinn’s bloody head.

“I can’t believe this,” Chris was saying over and over. “I just can’t believe this.”

“Pull yourself together and get him to the OR,” Galileo commanded.

“But if he has a brain injury, the protocol might not work . . .”

“Figure out a way.” His voice shook. “There has to be a way. You’re the best person to know.”

“I’ll try. We need a neuro consult stat.”

Together, they lifted the doctor’s slight body and staggered through the crowd. Isabel stayed behind, watching them recede into the glass lounge, to the stairwell, down into the bowels of the ship. Richard stood silently beside her. She became aware of an icy feeling on the back of her neck, and not from the rain or the wind.

It was dread.

Her alert senses had picked up on something that only now was breaking through to her consciousness. In her mind she replayed the interaction with Chris from moments before. His face had been scrunched up in distress, the epitome of crying anguish.

But something was wrong. There were no tears in his eyes.

She was about to confess her realization when Richard spoke first.

“I saw what happened.” His tone was flat. “With the fire, no one else noticed.”

He didn’t have to explain; they both shared the same hyperaware side effect of the X101. Just that night, over dinner, they’d commiserated about how pungent and loud and close the world now seemed.

“What happened?”

He hesitated. “I don’t want to cause trouble.”

“Just tell me.”

“Quinn didn’t slip. He was pushed.”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.