Chapter 2344

"Jas..."

Alyssa looked at Jasper with an unfocused gaze. Her breaths were shallow, and she was slipping in and out of consciousness. Mentally, she was confused.

"Yes, it's me-Jasper!"

Jasper's heart clenched as he saw the color drain from her face. Her body trembled uncontrollably, fragile as a leaf caught in the wind. She resembled the kitten he had saved as a child-frozen and alone in the alley that bitter winter night. A deep sorrow flooded his chest.

"Jas... per..." Alyssa murmured his name, her voice strained, her tongue numb from the cold.

A faint, mocking smile tugged at the corners of her lips, and tears streamed down her cheeks. "It seems... like I am about... to freeze to death... How could he be here... He will not come back... He doesn't want me anymore..."

Alyssa's vision blurred as her eyelids grew heavy. She began to lean, her body sagging to one side.

"Alyssa! Stay awake!"

saw the denial in her eyes. He forced himself to push

your

of hypothermia, falling unconscious could be fatal, even more so when the will was

Alyssa. He feared she might never wake up if

now.

it were closing in, swallowing any hope they

before her. His eyes burned with a fire she hadn't seen in so long. Her heart skipped a

replaced by shadows ever since he'd woken from his coma. His eyes, once full of light, had become darker than the night, colder than

it was him-Jasper-the last person she wanted to see at this

lips. Her bloodshot eyes fluttered closed, and with what little strength

Jasper... but... I

cold had clouded her mind that she was

for the soaked fabric clinging to her, the icy

me...

else

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