Page 108 of Blood Union (Dark Witch Chronicles 3)

“We are friends,” I reply, my throat tight with emotion.

“We are friends, Shay. Friends, friends.” She takes a deep breath. “I think I’m going to take a nap.”

“No. Rainey, you need to stay awake. We don’t need to talk, but you have to stay awake.”

“Why? I just need a nap. In case you forgot, it’s been a wild couple of days.”

“We’re running out of oxygen,” I tell her. “If you fall asleep, you may not wake up.”

“Drifting off is better than drowning.”

“They could still find us,” I say quickly. “There’s still time.”

“Is there?” The last word is slurred, and as my own panic begins to set in, I shake my head and pull away, rotating around so I’m on my knees in front of where I was sitting.

“We can’t give up.”

Nothing.

No witty retort.

Just silence.

“Rainey?” I feel for her in the dark and find her lying on her side. She fell over, right onto where I was sitting. “Rainey!” I scream her name and shake her. “Wake the hell up, hunter!”