The Fiancé Who Left Her To Die

light of the beacon was a secret promise, but a promise that was fading

mind, a cruel mantra of be

was my last line of defense, was compromised. My base layers were now exposed, rapidly becoming s

being measur

t was Bryan and the others, returning from the main tent. For a wild, in

saw h

e attacked me, Bryan! I just went to check on her, and s

ust tossed beside me. It was lying there in the snow, a piece of dam

ing on the tear in my jacket. He saw the gash not as

her climber chimed in. "Sh

. she cut it..." The words came out

ked from Kelsi's tear-streaked face to my broken f

sn't confusion. It was a cold, hard certainty. He believed her. He looked at me,

ntion to," he snarled, his voice dripping with v

else said with a dismissive shrug. "Always has to be the star

another voice added.

. They were building a narrative around me, a c

nd her. "It's okay, baby," he murmured, his voice thick with a tender

l, so intimate, was the

chest. But over his shoulder, her eyes m

otion. He stood up, looking down at me as if I were a piece of faulty equip

s no misunderstanding to clear up. There was no love left to a

my fight draining away. The cold was a com

ive tone for the benefit of the others. "And I am officially revoking Alex Gray's cleara

lizing my de

d over me, and the world began

alling into a de

ugh the blizzard's roar. It was a sound that didn't belong h

Womp

lico

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