*Rowan*

I felt like there was some sort of countdown to the moments I had left on this earth. I found out only yesterday that Jonah and my fiancée were plotting to blow me away, literally, at the dinner table tonight. It started a clock in my head, a stopwatch to my own death.

I wasn't going to die. I reminded myself of that over and over. Sergeant Duvall, Budge, Genevieve, they all were working to make sure I survived the attack. It was as simple as not being in my ...