Blinded Bride, Vengeful Heart

creaming metal and shatte

ic beeping echoed somewhere to my left. I tried to open my eyes, but

kne

. I reached up, my fingers trem

You're

ashed over me, so powerful it left

raw. "What happened? The ca

miliar. "Shhh, it's okay. There was an acc

a deep, aching pain in my abdomen pushed me b

ur eyes were badly injured. We just have

dread was beginning to seep through the cracks of my relief. I

ted softly. "I'll tak

told me I was alone again. The beeping of the monitor was my only companion. I drifted in and out of a

es outside my door. It was ajar, just a sliver, but s

s Liam's, lo

r, I understand the urgency, but a cornea transplant is a ma

with me. It was cold, hard, and commanding. "Ashley Green. She' s been on

he donation... from

ans, I presumed, protested weakly. "That' s unethical, it' s illegal. Ms

is getting worse. She's an artist. She needs her sight. Chloe would want t

s, my past generosity, as a weapon against me. Ashley, the timid, strug

o condemn Ms. Davis to perma

hool tuition. Or that little malpractice suit from a few years ago that my lawyers so kindly made disappear. You will d

e doctor's surrender. My world, already dark, collapsed into a blac

s ambition. Ashley' s jealousy, which I had mista

d, and the words I heard next shatt

casual, as if discussing a grocery list. "W

hysterectomy? Why? There' s

ht of me and Chloe ever having a family... it would destroy her. I can't have any loose ends. I love Ashley. I am

is wasn't just about my sight. This was about my future. My womanhood. My ability to ever carry

ad loved with every fiber of my being, was methodi

ythm, a mocking counterpoint to the violent storm raging inside me. The pain in my belly

ess thing lying in this bed. He

as w

ture, but he had given me somet

ve

ding a new, cold rhythm. I will survive this. And you, Liam, you