Blinded Bride, Vengeful Heart

pain was different. The dull ache in my abdomen had sharpened into a de

had d

o longer whole. A part of me, a future I had once dreamed of, had been cut out and throw

in, physical and emotional. The rhythmic beeping of the mo

approaching again. Li

oice was light and airy, but with an undercu

d her. "Dr. Evans said she'll be out fo

ate hand to her face. "But it's worth it, Liam. Oh, it's so worth it. I

with a theatri

, my nails digging into my palms. She wa

I almost forgot what colors looked like. T

s voice soft and genuine in a way it never truly was with

sked, her tone shifting sl

ll have the wedding. It solidifies my position, and with her... condi

g?" Ashley whispere

m confirmed. "You never have to wor

just outside my room, discussing my dismemberment and their glorious f

eceded. The silence that retu

nnounced by a tray clattering onto the bedside table

ater," she said, her voice sharp

ace. I flinched, not knowing where it was

snapped, pushing it toward my lips wi

s you when you're down. I tried to drink, but my throat was tight with uns

ed, pulling the cup away. "You're

bout to leave, th

're doing?" Liam's voi

! I was just... helping M

tepping closer. I could feel the shift in the room's atmosphere. The air crackled with

sir

ant you out of this hospital in the next ten

. Liam came to my bedside, his hand finding mine again.

mitation of a loving fiancé. "I can't believe she treated you like

He created the wound and then put a bandage on it, expecting my gra

ing my voice sound as we

ere, m

o go home

as a

the doctors say you're stable, I'm taking you

was a prison I might be able to escape. A hospital was too controlled. At his

eathed, letting h

rst step of my plan. I would go to his home. I would be the perfect, broken, gr