From Ashes: A Second Chance

l' s side. He watched as doctors and nurses bustled around her, hooking her up to IV drips an

to be mixed with water, Hazel was too weak and unconscious to swallow. Without thinking, Dominic took the medicine into his own

yes were clear, but they were empty. When sh

, a new crisis erupted. A panicked nurse rushed in to tell

al bed, looking even more fragile than before

ion from the... incident. She needs a bone

was his fault too. He had pushed Julia, promised to send her away, which led to he

at her through the glass panel in the door. She was sitting up,

imself that Hazel owed Julia this. It was a life for a life-the life of the baby Hazel had inadvertently caused

d into t

ed to feel his presence, her

atching her reflection

g," he said, h

emained

lant," he continued. "The docto

a bitter, humorless twist of

said, stepping closer. "This is fate. T

him, her eyes burning with a cold fire. "By le

snapping. "Because of you, she lost our ch

she said, her voice

that would mean admitting that all of this-Hazel' s pain, the lost baby, Julia' s illness-was hi

I will cancel the merger. I will use every resource the Watts empire has to crush

er. "But if you do this, I will forgive you. We c

y from his touch a

id. "And I don' t care about your threat

rm, yanking her to her feet. The su

say it is. You belong to me, Hazel. You have always belonged to me. Yo

rifying. This wasn' t the man s

again, his voice chillingly calm now.

, her voice sh

mpty sound. "You thin

it. Two large men in black suits stood outside, along with a nurse pushing a trolley.

oice soft and terrible. "Or we can do this by fo

y were the eyes of a man who had completely lost his way, and