“No, no, I’ll have none of that, baby. Ya hear?” I rasped, coughing through the thick smoke. I dropped to my knees and rolled her over. Fuck. My beauty. My enchanting Valerie. Frantically, I bent, putting my ear to her chest, and my fingers on her neck. There was a pulse, but it was fading. She was fading away from me. No, no, no. I couldn’t lose her. Not now. Not when I just got her back.
