Too Soon

Carmela

The pain isn't a subtle one.

It crashes against me, as all other things do, loud, sudden, brutal.

In one moment, I'm engulfed in Cass's embrace, his coat wrapped around me, and the chill is finally absent as they swoop me up and race towards the car.

In the next, a grip begins to constrict deep within me, a sharp, dragging pain that sucks the air from my lungs and blanks out my vision.

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