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rushing to catch her before she hit the ground. Her face was ashen, her breathing shallo

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no meaning. I sat with her hand in mine, watching machines bre

ce Dr. Halbrook unt

d up slowly. His

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t mean?" My voice was

The world narrowed to a single point of silence. Then I forced mys

ars." I nodded. Like that was a number I could pull out of my pocket. Like I wasn't barely scraping by wi

hen I turned and walked out

, past the nurses' station, until I found

gainst the wall, eyes b

destro

one, left them broken in the street. But the family needed a clean sca

eir mansion. A maid. A driver. Their

ng I still had. I wiped my face and answered. "Hey." "Sera," he brea

't think she'll make it without sur

y. "We'll figure it out. I can pick

d. "Just... stay. P

We'll figure it out...

I love you too." I hung up

I had never deleted. Sebastian Vale...

offer. One I'd laughed at weeks ago, shakin

my fingers like water. My thumbs trembled as I typed. "I'm interested in your offer." The r

ars fall freely. I was selling myself to the

elf to the man wh

d to the floor, back again

eyes, as if I could squeeze

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ho bargains hersel

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I

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was dyin

no one was com

trembled

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do was stare at

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ft v

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n. He was... beautiful. Big brown eyes, dimples, tousled curls. Something about hi

were you? I loo

I said gently, crouching to his level. "I'm not-"

. "I told Daddy you weren't really gone

as something strange and warm tugged deep ins

id Mommy would come home."

iar? Why did it feel like... like holding my own? I gently pul

er Vale." Vale. My stomach twisted. Th

your dadd

ike her. But I told Daddy I was gonna find you, and I did!" His little face beamed up

grabbed my hand. As we walked down the corridor, I

the answer was obvious. "Because

eath h

adora

The man. Tall. Commanding. Devastatingly handsome

d the air they breathed. Liam let go of my hand and ran forward.

e around us faded. Everything disappeared. I didn't know him. But something in hi

le word slipping out, ho