“Evan?” Meg watched the boy’s eyes start to roll back in his head.
He took a slow, breath through his partially opened mouth. “I can see into the future, Meggie. And if we’re going to live through this, you and I need to come up with a plan we can’t share with the others. It’s crucial that it just be between us. We can win this, but as far as my vision can see, it won’t be easy.”
“You can see the future?” Meg repeated, trying to process the implications.
His sharp hazel eyes widened with a bout of pain causing his body to arch on the slick spread. When he recovered, his breathing was hitched and erratic, but he continued talking. “I can see the future of others, not my own. This gift has serious limitations. The images I get are hazy, like a dream I’m trying to remember, and life keeps changing.” Evan’s eyes glassed over, staring unblinking at nothing. “Meggie, life can all be so beautifully fragile.” His body began to shake.
“You’re going into shock, Evan. I need to get your core temperature stable.” Meg swiped at the tears that finally overflowed down her pale cheeks.
“I don’t have much time, Meg. You need to listen and do exactly as I say. No matter what, you cannot deviate from the path I lay out for us.” His eyes were pinched closed against the waves of pain. “Do you understand?”
“I understand,” she breathed, sensing his absolute honesty and fleeting grasp of consciousness.
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