In Case of Emergency

In Case of Emergency

Meyari McFarland

MDR Publishing

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Contents

Other Books by Meyari McFarland:

In Case of Emergency

Author's Note: Crumbling of the Soul

I. Bringing Joy into the World

2. Foundations in Antiquity

3. Nightmares of Time

Other Books by Meyari McFarland:

Afterword

Author Bio

Other Books by Meyari McFarland:

Day Hunt on the Final Oblivion

Day of Joy

Immortal Sky

A New Path

Following the Trail

Crafting Home

Finding a Way

Go Between

Like Arrows of Fate

Out of Disaster

The Shores of Twilight Bay

Coming Together

Following the Beacon

The Solace of Her Clan

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Print ISBN: 978-1-64309-038-2

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In Case of Emergency

Andy opened his eyes.

The first faint hints of dawn had turned the ceiling grey. No hints of gold yet. Good. There was time to get to the radio station before his broadcast. Wasn't so cold in the room that his breath fogged into clouds of ice crystals. Better than it had been for a while. Now things were heating up instead of cooling off. Pretty soon ice might be a figment of the imagination. Months and months of no sunshine, just thick clouds and never-ending gloom, turned those hints of grey into the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.

Other than Torres' smile.

He reached out one hand to the other side of the bed, caressing the divot where Torres head used to rest. Where it should have rested. Two years later and he still did this. Stupid of him. But the divot from reaching for Torres' hair, his cheek, the gentle warmth of his breath on the pillow wasn't going to go away.

Andy sighed and pushed the covers back. His wheelchair