Chapter 139: SIAN

Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. Nothing seemed real. My friends were crying and comforting each other; one of them had a death grip on my hand and my mind was numb. Alex was pacing back and forth beside the car but I could tell he wanted to follow the guys from the way he kept looking towards the raging inferno they had disappeared into. I finally found my voice the third time I saw him do it.

"Go Alex, please go and make sure they're okay." Tears were streaming down my face and there was a knot of sick fear and panic in my gut. It felt like a long time since he'd left and sitting out here in the dark I couldn't see anything.

"No, Jace would kill me if I left you out here alone. Where the fuck is the fire engine?" He ran his hand over his head miserably and none of us relaxed until we heard sirens in the distance.

Just then we saw Jace and the others coming back with mom and dad. I pushed past Alex and ran to them, but my legs gave out when I was only a few feet aw