Literature
Equipoise - Chapter Twenty-Three
There was no response, nothing. Nothing to tell him not to scream, not to keep shaking her, nothing. Daryl did stop, however, and listen to their surroundings. Nothing. Just the sounds of nature surrounding them on either side of the road. He shifted, picking her up carefully and cradling her in his arms. It was awkward to pick up his Horton and the bag she'd been carrying, but he managed. Somehow....he managed.
Panic had set his chest on fire with every breath, but at some point, he realized that freaking out about it wouldn't help at all. In that, he calmed, and he kept walking. Covering ground in long strides, he was heading for something