oe
aced by the sterile white
im experience, stood over my bed. He glanced at my chart
ed with the dark magic infused in the Ro
as extinguished befo
pital pillow without a sound. Deep in the core of my being,
owed a photograph Michelle had posted-Jackson's broad back, with a ca
Jackson finally entered my room. He had been absent the entire night. The
. I struck his hand away with w
my shaking finger poi
's Command. "Be quiet and listen to me, Chloe!" His
st something hard and unyielding within me. A strange, cold
the cloying pressure of his aura as if it were a thick cobweb. I rose to my feet on
re of defense. "Everyone was watching. I cannot risk m
affection crumble into cold ash. "My life i
. I am simply not re
escaped my throat. I squared my shoulders, met
ect you, Jacks
he sterile air, hea
l never survive in this world without me." He lif
iron wire, hooked deep behind my ribs, was torn out root and all, leaving a raw,
ing for breath as the re
e as he walked out the door, leaving me a
fell silent. But beneath the silenc
/1/117794/coverbig.jpg?v=447d150537d0b15c6d22b4db055b4590&imageMogr2/format/webp)