Liam The base's ruins stretched endlessly under my feet as we evacuated. My feet wobbled, and Jonathan gripped my arm, steadying me. “Alpha, keep moving,” he said, but I barely registered his voice. My chest pounded violently, each heartbeat a drum of panic in my ears. I tried to shake the image from my mind. Maybe my senses were playing with me. I’d even pinched my arm really hard to check if I was still alive. I was. I was right here. This and everything I saw today was f*****g real. “I saw her.” I choked on the words. “Huh?” “I..I saw her,” I repeated way louder this time. “The puppet. It was Elena.” He side-glanced me. “Elena?” “Yes,” my voice trembled. “She… she was right there, I...” The words caught in my throat, my mind spinning, trying to process everything. “She held me.

