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“I...” I press my lips together to give myself time to formulate a reply. But how do I even begin to put into words what Cole and I share?
“It wasn’t supposed to happen. I just saw something in Cole... something I can relate to.”
“I know that feeling. Remi knocked me so hard on my ass I still have bruises.” He chuckles. “Cole isn’t like most people, Hadley. He keeps a wall up.”
“I know.” Because I do too.
“He’s going to be in a dark place after this,” Ace sighs. “Just promise me, whatever happens, you won’t give up on him. He needs you.”
Ace’s words wrap around my heart, but then I imagine Cole’s face when he finds out I might be pregnant.
“Hadley?” Ace asks when a whimper spills from my lips.
“I’m okay.” The lie sours on my tongue.
“I know you’re scared, but just hang in there. Cole is coming, I promise.”
The minutes drag, each one longer than the last.
“Where is he?” Ace grunts from the shadows.
“Maybe they got—“
“No, Cole wouldn’t let that happen. Not when you’re in here.”
I’m about to ask him what he means when I smell something. Tipping my face up, I sniff the air, panic snaking through me when I smell burning.
“Ace....”
“Yeah, I smell it. Fuck,” he grumbles. “Okay, we need to get out of here.”
An amber glow penetrates the boarded windows, making everything look ethereal.
“The trailer is on fire,” I cry. “Oh God, what are we going to do?”
“Hadley, I need you to calm the fuck down. It could be nothing.”
“Nothing? Nothing?” I shriek as smoke begins to fill the trailer.
“I need to get out of these fucking cable ties.” Ace begins to shuffle on his knees. “Can you see anything that might help?”
“I can hardly see you.” I cough and splutter as the smoke thickens, invading my senses. My eyes water, overpowered by the smell, and my lungs burn.
“Try not to breathe it in,” he orders, still rooting around the trailer.
But the more I panic, the more I suck in greedy breaths.
We’re going to die here.
The thought slams into me like a bolt of lightning. I’m never going to get to tell Cole how I feel about him. I’m never going to find out whether I’m pregnant or not. I’m never going to get to live.
Tears stream down my face as I start to drown in a trailer full of smoke.
“Hadley, I can’t see you. Just stay calm, okay? Cole will—“
“HADLEY?” a voice roars.
“Cole, thank fuck.” The words catch in Ace’s throat, and he starts choking.
