DENVER.

The machine came on with a wheezing noise as Ivan tore her shirt open.

Her skin was pale and cold and still. And I had never seen Eliana that way in my life. I finally took my hands off her but I was still shaking. "Charged to one hundred" Ivan echoed from his lips, holding the machine with his two hands before he pressed it against her chest.

In a second, it sent an electric current throughout her body and she jerked forward roughly before falling back down. I bit ...