Beyond the Rules

"Gideon? Gideon!"

Duncan’s rough voice battered his ears. Heavy hands pressed down on Gideon’s chest in a desperate rhythm. The suffocating darkness finally fractured. Gideon gasped, sucking frigid air into his burning lungs. He forced his heavy eyelids open. Duncan’s rugged face hovered inches away, slick with nervous sweat and twisted in pure panic.

"You are awake. I swore you were a goner." D