Chapter 50: First Encounter

A mountain of construction rubble pinned Shane Yale to the ground, and he, in turn, was pinning Jaclyn Sowden. Mortifying didn't begin to cover it. He had burned his Body Protecting Energy twice in a row and shielded someone else besides. The drain was brutal. His core felt empty; breaking free wasn't happening. Even if he could move, he dared not-any shift would send debris sliding and bury Jaclyn. If it didn't kill her, it would leave her in pieces. Worse, he couldn't move an inch, and their...