Chapter 47: Chapter 47

They soon found a decent sized town. Blue hospital signs led them down dark winding streets until they reached a group of large, modern buildings. Oren parked the car in the section marked "Emergency Room Patients Only." As the motor fell away into silence he said, "I hope you know what you're doing."

Oren climbed out and opened the door, gingerly taking Katelina again. He lifted her as though she weighed nothing, and held onto her while Jorick climbed out. Katelina's eyes strayed to the large building. Like so many hospitals it was all brick and green glass. Electric flood lights made the space around the building a pocket of strangely colored daylight, though the darkness clawed at the edges. She shivered as she stared at the glass doors marked "Emergency Room". The world was suddenly becoming too real, nightmares and reality crashing together in a terrible mix that made her chest tighten.