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Ch. 14 - React

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Michael POV

Smoke curled through the air, thick and suffocating, the heat of the explosions still searing my skin. I barely stumbled back to my feet before the chaos truly set in. Screams. Gunfire. The acrid scent of burning flesh.

Lucy had run inside, slipping through the smoke before I could catch her, but Amy, where the fuck was Amy? I couldn't remember the last time I saw her. I had been distracted, caught off guard, and now I was lost, unsure of my surroundings and who was accounted for.

My eyes darted to Niko, who was struggling to extinguish the flames on his arm. Panic started to crawl up my spine, but I shoved it down, forcing myself to focus.

Viv was on the ground, her kids huddled beneath her, half her face burned.

I grabbed her chin, not the injured side, and forced her to look at me. "You good?"

"I'll live," she rasped, her wild eyes locked on Niko. "Where's Amy?"

My gut twisted as I scanned the wreckage. "I don't know." I admitted with fury. It was like I was in a haze
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