ALEX

Shit! I curse under my breath.

I catch her before she hits the floor, her weight folding into my arms like a puppet with its strings cut.

"Athena!" I shout, lowering her gently, cradling her head as panic claws up my throat.

"I need a doctor right now!"

Isabelle is instantly beside me, checking Athena's pulse, her expression calm, but

I can see her resolve cracking.

It's her best friend, after all.

"We need a stretcher!"

A nurse rushes in with one, and I lift Athena onto it carefully, my hand refusing to

let go of hers even as Isabelle moves to wheel her away.

"Let us take it from here, Alex," Isabelle says gently.

But I hesitate.

For a second, I think if I just hold on tighter, maybe I can keep her from slipping further away and from shutting me out completely.

But I nod and step back.

She disappears down the hall, and I'm left standing in the silence that follows.

hands buried in his hair while his shoulders shake

his jaw tightens, how his

I don't think

would fall for any woman. He looked so engrossed in his work and oving to his father that he was capable

anchoring

is going on?" She

Unable to move,

I remain standing.

if I sit, I won't get

truth is staring me right in

out from the weight

is alive... but

reason they

let a snake into our

I didn't

Because I believed Leah.

I'll ever earn

everyone instead of yourself and stayed married to Athena,

inferiority complex, and I've never had the time to

understand

to make sure she gets back on her feet. He's not the only one who loves

King! The Golden Boy. The one we should all worship and kiss the ground he

he needed to punish Leah. She's a bitch and I'll kill her once Sloane stabilizes! But what about Alex, will he just walk away scot free? Even after what he did

don't shut the fuck up-" I

heaving, "You'll what? End me? I'm

your mother is the most

a split second he's being pinned against the wall so fast none of

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