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Lily has Kaiden now.
It was true. She was completely and utterly in love with him. But if anyone deserved it, it was Lily. She wasn’t like me. Wild. Reckless.
Unworthy.
I swayed at the water’s edge, my limbs heavy and relaxed. The vodka swimming in my veins making everything seem distorted.
Do it, the voice whispered again.It’ll make it all go away. All the pain and heartache. Aren’t you tired of always pretending?
I was.
So tired.
The fake smiles and ‘I’m fines.’ It was exhausting, and it was slowly killing me.
Maybe if I just…
I stepped forward, wading into the cold water, gasping. The riverbed was soft and squelchy beneath my feet, but I swirled my fingers in the water.
“Hey,” a voice yelled, and I glanced up the embankment. “What are you—”
My foot slipped, the ground going from under me and I began to fall.
At first, I thrashed and kicked under the surface, trying to break free. But then I stilled, wondering if this was what it felt like. To be at peace. To finally be free.
Darkness consumed me, a feeling of weightlessness as I drifted down… down…down…
It’s better this way, the voice said.
But then everything slammed back into me. The icy water drowning my lungs, the sharp pain in my arm as someone yanked me above the surface. I gasped for breath, shivering and spluttering as big, strong arms lifted me from the water and laid me down on the ground.
“Peyton?” There was something familiar about the voice, something that reached inside me and settled my soul. “Fuck, Peyton, stay with me. I’m going to call 9-1-1.”
“N-no…” I tried to claw at his arm, but it was futile. I was in shock, my body shutting down.
His voice teetered on the edge of my consciousness. “Peyton, stay with me, help’s on its way.” He wrapped something around me, warm and soft.
My eyes flickered open, my lips chattering as I tried to speak. “X-Xander?”
“Yeah, I got you.” His dark eyes stared down at me as his face slowly came into focus.
Xander Chase.
The man who saved my life.
