Capítulo 49: Chapter 49

His mind went into the mode because something was about to happen,and he was going to need the information to deal with it

The realization had Arik’s breath picking up speeds that were not comfortable, and his heart pounded in time to that discomfort. But the flush drawing itself on to Arik’s face was brought there by an emotion that put panic to shame—hope. There was a way out. There was a goddamn and halle-freaking-lujah way to fix this mess. He just needed to get his head in order, put the pieces together, and figure out what the fuck it all meant.

You can do this, Arik. I know you can.

He sat up in bed so quickly and with such a loud gasp that Blaze almost fell out of bed trying to react to the movement.

“Jesus Christ on a cracker,” Blaze hissed. “What’s wrong?”

Arik didn’t even try to stop his words. His body shook so hard that his teeth rattled. “We can get out.”