SHE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO WAKE UP.”

sound escaped her throat.

Not a word.

A breath.

Alive.

The room exploded into chaos.

One employee shouted for an ambulance.

Another ran toward the cremation controls.

Marcus suddenly grabbed my shoulder hard enough to hurt.

“Get away from her!”

I turned so fast he stumbled backward.

And for the first time in my life, I saw fear in his eyes.

Real fear.

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