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Chapter 114 Not Much Longer

Kelly had to know.

Was Zev alive? Or had they found His body?

They said they found him. But what did that mean? Had they found a pulse or just

another corpse?

"He's alive..."

Gary's voice wavered, thick with emotion.

The words hit Kelly like a punch to the gut.

He was alive-but hearing it only ripped her apart more.

"Kelly?" Melody's voice was soft, full of worry.

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It was rush hour. The highway was a mess, cars stacked up like sardines. Kelly couldn't take it anymore. She hung up the phone, shoved open the door, and rushed out of the car.

She couldn't wait. Not another second.

"Kelly!" Melody shouted, hurrying after her.

Oscar, having gotten the same news, stood still for a moment.

He watched Kelly, running ahead, knowing exactly why she'd snapped.

Zev had been found-but the situation was grim.

At the military hospital, the chaos was in full swing.

By the time Kelly arrived, Zev had just been transferred. His body was a bloody mess-his legs mangled, his face covered in grime and blood.

Kelly couldn't even tell if he was alive anymore.

She froze, her legs betraying her.

The trembling hit hard.

She was a doctor-she should have known how to stay calm-but now, she could hardly breathe.

not breathing! Blood in the

Clarence, where are you? Mechanical ventilation, stat! Get the central line

sharp and urgent. The air in the ER was thick with the metallic scent

Blood

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the ventilator in here! What

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stand frozen in place,

tall, strong man who had always been invincible now

She couldn't stop herself.

had to turn away, but

always thought Zev was invincible, untouchable-he'd

through all the battles, he always came out unscathed. But now? This wasn't the Zev she knew. This wasn't the

lost on most, but Kelly

meant.

with emotion. He held on long enough for us to

hadn't expected

face Kelly or

That remained a

are stabilizing, but we need

her voice breaking. She stared at him, his face barely recognizable.

the CT room, and Kelly sank to the

Not

happened to him?" After

voice was barely a whisper now, hoarse from the hours of

don't... you don't want to know," Gary said, shaking his

with him. "I

were protesting, tormenting him," Gary

Zev was undercover, but he knew he was a traitor. They broke his legs, cut his skin bit by bit; beat him over and over, poured salt into his wounds... used a wrench to snap his fingers. They made him suffer-no one should have to endure that. And they didn't want him to die quickly. They wanted

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Lucas' methods-she had

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during one of Lucas' tortures, haunted by the nightmares that

that Zev had been subjected to

made her

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