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Chapter 8

The alarm trilled shrilly in my ear, sounding less like an alarm clock and more like an air raid siren alerting me to danger.

Run! Take shelter!

I wished there was somewhere I could run to. I felt trapped, cornered and every minute I waited for the attack that I was sure was inevitable. I had spent the past week living in a self-imposed Hell, sensing my deterioration more every day and alternating between sheer undiluted panic and feeling numb.