A Mass Murderer - Blood for blood (ADDITIONAL BOOK INCLUDED ) by Sara Wood

or get some kind of permanent injury. I was kind of hoping that this would be the time that the device would send me back, but it was not to be so.
    I literally saw my life flash before my eyes and then I landed. It was not, as jarring of an impact, as I thought it would be. I had my eyes closed and then I felt like I was being cradled like a newborn baby. I opened them to see that my mystery man Colby had decided to render aid. His manly arms snatched me from the brink and were now holding me against him.
    The fire department arrived and the house was pretty much gone. It was burning out of control and those that tried to get inside to put out the flames had to make a hasty exit in a hurry.
    “I don’t know what you think that you were doing, but that was foolhardy. You saved the little boy and the mother. I just think that you could have died yourself.” The chief was trying to make it quite clear that civilians should not interfere.
    I had a mask over my mouth and I was breathing deeply to try to mitigate the smoke inhalation. I stayed sitting, looking around at the disaster and then seeing Colby standing there with his arms crossed defiantly. “I’m glad that you’re feeling better, Kayla. If you were really serious about that drink, I think that we can think of something a little bit stronger than coffee. After everything that we’ve been through, I’m sure that we can use something to numb us.” I was thinking of something a little bit below his waist, but that could wait, until we got better acquainted. I didn’t want to just fall into bed, because of some insane idea that I wanted to live again.
    The fire chief saw that we weren’t listening to him and decided to leave. He went to coordinate those of his men that were standing by. I held up my hand to indicate to Colby that I would need a few moments to compose myself. They were still taking my vitals. I heard that the little boy, his dog and his mother were going to be perfectly fine. The father had shielded the boy and it cost him his life. It just went to show what a parent would do for their child.
    “I think that it would be a good idea that you come to the hospital for some evaluation. I don’t see anything wrong, but these things can sometimes take a nasty turn for the worse. I’m not trying to scare you, but I just want to make it perfectly clear that it’s against my wishes that you leave.” He was only covering his ass. I couldn’t blame him for doing his job. The paramedic had a duty to inform me that I was taking a risk. I waved him off and took off the firemen’s jacket that had been lane across my shoulders.
    Reaching out my hand, I took Colby’s and he was able to lead me away from those that still had questions. I was in no mood to answer anything. I didn’t want my face to be plastered on television. It would look remarkably like I had a double.
    “I remember how it felt to fall in love with my deceased girlfriend. I thought nothing would be able to mimic that feeling, until I saw you trying to be the hero. I saw your eyes and they made me think that life was about living.” He had an extra helmet and I climbed on behind him with my arms around his waist. “My place is not too far away from here.”
    We stepped into his apartment and I felt this sense of vertigo. He excused himself to go and get us that drink and then I disappeared from his life.
    I was standing with Caroline and she looked at me “You were gone less than 10 seconds. That’s the quickest that this thing…” She didn’t get a chance to say anything, as the device started to sizzle and spark with a life of its own. We tried to put out the flame, but it was all encompassing and the entire thing melted into nothing.
    We told the others and there was a look of relief on everybody’s face, including my own. We had played god and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do that again. It was decided that we would not rebuild the device and that the world was not ready for