Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2225

Jasper felt a pain unlike any he had ever known. It wasn't a physical agony like having flesh torn away, but a slow, excruciating torture akin to being slowly sliced by a blunt blade. It was a hundred times worse than dying instantly.

His mind raced through a chaotic sequence of images, like a black-and-white movie playing backward. He saw people retreating and leaving-Javier, Anne, Newton, Landon, Lauren, Jonah, Axel...

He reached out desperately, trying to grasp any of them, but they were slipping away, one by one.

Finally, the image settled on Alyssa's radiant face. "Lyse... Don't go..."

Tears streaming down his face, he lunged forward, wrapping his arms around her. But she dissolved into golden dust, vanishing into the frigid air.

"No!"

been reset. Darkness enveloped

wasn't sure if

He turned to see Remy emerging from the

Remy picked Alyssa up in a princess

a glance at Jameson, Remy's voice dripped with barely concealed hatred. "Sir is leaving you to clean up. I'm sure you have no objections, right, Mr.

his face pale. Though impeccably dressed, he looked like a man who had been thoroughly used and

been drained of all his worth-now

opening in the statue of the goddess closed

scoffed, laughing at himself bitterly. "Jameson Schmidt, your life has been a big

of a helicopter overhead drowned out

glass shed was destroyed. Glass shards rained down, cutting Jameson's neck, cheeks, and arms.