So, tell me, he whispers. How fast did you climb those fourteen stories? Thomas makes a disapproving sound in his throat, but I break into a grin. Storm's past. Metias loves me again. Six minutes, I whisper back to my brother. And forty-four seconds. How do you like that? That must be some sort of record. Not that, you know, you're supposed to do it.

Breathless Reads Sampler (ed. Penguin, 2012) - ISBN: 9781101578032