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An icy whip wrapped around my wrists.
Terror shot down my spine.
No way could they imprison me.
No way could they trap me.
I’d lose it.
I’d snap.
Fuck, Neri...
I couldn’t breathe at the thought of never seeing her again.
I...
I...
I can’t fucking breathe!
My knees buckled mid-step.
Jack shot forward as if to catch me.
I swallowed my groan and righted myself, pushing him away. “Get a fucking clue, old man! Go! Get out of here.”
Before they know you’re the reason I survived here this long.
Before my father learns who you are.
Jack shook his head, his self-control breaking. Turning on the men, he snarled, “Can’t you see he’s hurt? He can’t go anywhere. He needs to rest!”
“We’ll take good care of him, sir.”
“Leave him be!” Jack shouted, rousing the attention of other people. Some stopped to watch. My spine prickled with eyes. So many eyes. More eyes that’d seen me since I’d started hiding in plain sight.
“Sir, I suggest you don’t involve yourself in affairs that have nothing to do with you,” thin-lipped guy muttered.
Jack’s mouth twisted to argue.
Horror shone in his eyes.
And my body chose that moment to break.
My heart blew through all the depression I’d suffered and all the terror I’d harboured.
It exploded with the worst pain I’d ever endured.
It shattered.
Pulverised.
Splintered.
It hurt worse than any broken bone.
It bled quicker than any severed artery.
