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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.

breathing! Blood in

where are you? Mechanical ventilation, stat! Get the

machine, their commands sharp and urgent. The air in the ER

now! Blood

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Kelly could only stand frozen in place, her eyes

had always been invincible

She couldn't stop herself.

tears fell. She had to turn away, but it was too

had always thought Zev was invincible, untouchable-he'd

he always came out unscathed. But now? This wasn't the Zev she

was lost on most, but Kelly understood

meant.

his voice thick with emotion. He held on long enough for us to find him...

hadn't expected this

Kelly

Wade? That remained a

stabilizing, but

her voice breaking. She stared at him, his face barely recognizable. "Please, Zev... you can't

to the CT room, and Kelly sank to the floor, tears streaming down her face as she

couldn't die. Not like this. Not

what happened to him?" After the tests, they wheeled Zev into

the hours of crying. Her eyes

you don't want to know," Gary said,

insisted, locking eyes with him. "I have to know. Tell

him," Gary began, his

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 him to suffer, to linger, until he couldn't take

heart twisted

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knew Lucas' methods-she

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once been forced to inject adrenaline into a victim during one of Lucas' tortures, haunted by the nightmares that

to hear that Zev had been subjected

her stomach

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