Ashfo
we her
om the room. The pain in my leg, the fire in my head
ased. The tears that had th
husband. The man I had loved with a quiet, d
sound, completely unhinged. It seemed to u
apped, his brow furrowing in irri
t," she whimpered, playing the part of the magnanimous victim. "
e my "madness" seem mor
from Ethan's furious face to Mia's perfectly craf
e word, my voice ras
rip on my arm loosened slightly in su
re no longer dull with
mo
y born from absolute despair. My target w
doing! Stop!" he roa
was a heat-seeking miss
ound of panic this time.
y left hand shot out and clamped down on her wrist, pinning her to the
violent motion,
ic was the only thing in
sto
, the nurses, the guards
s from the falling debris. Emergency dialysis ports or IV puncture marks. The brutal, brui
was no
arred. Not a single scratch. Not a hint of a bruis
e "acute kidney failure"? Th
pled through the onlo
pale, turned the color of ash. Pure, unadulterated
mid-air. The fury on his face collapsed, replaced by a wav
The truth. It was all
scene and physically stumbled, his face draining of al
t, dropping it as if i
rned back to
wn and took the hem of my own sleeve. I pulled it up, p
ast was s
rubble. Deep, mottled bruises in shades of purple and black. Dried blood caked around a
at wound. My fi
still and dead as a frozen lake. I looked right t
ne in that room. My voice was quiet, but i
aid, my voice clear and
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