Page 70 of Warped

She turned to me and gave me a brave smile. “I love you, too. Meeting you was the best thing that could have hap—”

Something slamming into us from behind cut off her words. The impact threw us forward and shoved the car farther into the road, past the stop lights.

Had someone just rear-ended us?

“X?” Vee cried, glancing over at me in confusion, her fingers gripping the dashboard.

“What the f—”

I didn’t get the chance to finish before something hit us again, pushing our vehicle farther into the stream of oncoming traffic. I glanced back to see a truck rammed into the back of the car. I shoved the car into gear and released the handbrake, ready to pull out of the way, when Vee let out a scream.

I had time to look in her direction, but only long enough to catch a glimpse of the car hurtling toward us. It slammed into the side of our vehicle with a crunch of metal, and the twisted squeal of tires on asphalt.

And then everything went black.

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