Jericho, Alaska — When he came to, Aiden Winters’ head reeled with
a ringing in his ears. The last thing he remembered was the hotel room: Standing
by the window, buildings erupting, people screaming as they stampeded out into
the blistering storm. Glass in his face, his neck.
Then black.
He was no longer in the hotel. Now he was on his back, over snow.
Ears still ringing, Aiden rolled his neck, eyes scanning the area. Around him was the pedestrian walkway over a bridge, one that had still been under construction as they hadn’t yet properly paved the entire thing. Tarps draped from the upper cables and towers, shielding the bridge from the blizzard. The tarps were torn and stained with dried blood.
Moving to get up, Aiden hissed and fell back down. Pain shot through his hip. He rolled up the sleeve of his jacket, finding the inside of his forearm gashed up. Judging by the rush job of the stitches, whoever patched him up didn’t have much time.
