Home... Angel, Zachery, Marguerite, and Stephens. He remembered Angel's fingers resting against his chest and Zachery's low voice assuring her that everything would be okay. For a short time he didn't think he'd make it. The anguish of leaving Zachery and Angel again was unbearable and what kept him moving in their direction.

The pain was finally at a bearable level, but the past hours, or maybe days, were a blur. He tested his limbs to see that everything worked.

Dull, ...