I Was Fired and Walking Home—Then Two Helicopters Landed Looking for Me

his body.

The explosion turned the world white, then black.

Rachel woke to ash and ringing silence. She pushed debris off her legs, her hands raw and bleeding. She crawled through wreckage until she found Elias half-buried near the destroyed fireplace.

She pressed trembling fingers to his neck. A pause—an eternity—then a strong pulse.

His eyes fluttered continue reading …