Caged (Savage Men 1)

“You were in the desert, remember?” he says, cocking his head. “You’re lucky a passerby found you while driving along the road. She called us.”

Us?

I look around and notice the medical equipment, the badge on his shirt … and then I hear the sirens above me.

I’m in an ambulance. A real ambulance. With real people.

“We’re lucky she made you drink from her water bottle, or you might’ve died.”

I try to swallow, but everything hurts, and it’s so hard to comprehend what’s going on.

It feels like minutes ago, but I know now that isn’t true. My mind is playing tricks on me. Just as it did when I thought I was dying … when in fact I’m being saved.

Rescued by honest and good people bringing me to the hospital.

A hospital in a real city where I’ll finally see the real world again.

Where I can see my parents again and hug them.

Where I can … go home.

Without Cage.

Because he’s still stuck inside that compound, probably screaming out my name, not knowing when and if I’ll ever come back.

I grasp the shirt of the man who’s sitting in front of me and say, “Cage …”

“What?”

A tear wells up in my eye as I realize the task that lies ahead. “I have to save him.”