Chapter 615

I tried to move closer, but just as I did, Yara let out a choked sob. "Hayden."

It felt like my heart had been ripped out Slowly, I lifted my head to look at him. His eyes were half-closed now, no longer fluttering. The hand that had been resting by the bed hung limp at his side. "Hayden," I whispered.

But he didn't respond.

I shook my head, disbelief crashing over me. I cupped his face, frantic. "Hayden, please. You haven't finished talking-just say something. Please!"

The words caught in my throat, choking me. I leaned in, kissing him everywhere-his nose, his eyes, his cheeks, his lips-desperately trying to wake him,

But he didn't move.

"ever

He wasn't going to say, "Kiki, stop it," ever again.

"Hayden, don't leave me. You're all I have left," I screamed.

was unbearable,

Back then, I was too young to fully get it-but now? Losing Hayden was like being dragged underwater, suffocating, helpless. *There'd

how hard

all

dripped onto his face, sliding down his cheeks, like they were

everything

When

I woke

thing piercing the silence was the blinding

coursed through me, my body convulsing as if my muscles had been torn apart. The agony was so intense,

wrong? Are you

broke through,

Steve's voice, "Rea...

were so familiar, but neither one was

Hayden to call

who came in and lifted the

to Jace and Steve. "She's probably still in shock Just stay with her and keep her calm." When the doctor left, they stayed by my bed-Jace on one side, Steve on the other. Neither of them spoke.

way I could keep

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