Chapter 208: Ollie's Rescued

ZADE   The moment I saw Ollie through the chaos of emergency vehicles and tactical teams, something inside my chest loosened for the first time since we'd received word of the hospital attack. He looked so small standing there beside Officer Martinez, clutching that walkie--talkie like a lifeline, his clothes torn and dirty, his face streaked with tears and what looked like dried blood. But he was alive. He was standing on his own two feet, and that had to count for something in this nightmare we'd all been thrust into. Lumina reached him first, dropping to her knees and pulling him into her arms with a desperation that spoke to every parent's worst fear. Ollie collapsed against her, his small body shaking with sobs as he buried his face in her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Mama," he cried, his words muffled but clear enough to break my heart. "I tried to stay with Riley, but he knocked me out, and when I woke up he was gone and there was so much blood..." "Shh, baby," Lumina whispered, her ow