Love Unspoken

With a sudden splash, Quinn found herself being hauled out of the water. Her lungs were gasping for air, each breath she took was a mixture of gasps and water spewing out. The world around her spun in dizzying circles and she found herself lying on the ground. She struggled to open her eyes, but all she was met with was an engulfing darkness.

An unknown force was pressing down on her chest, causing a salty stream to pour uncontrollably from her mouth. After what seemed like an eternity, a buildup of breath in her chest suddenly surged forth. "Cough " Quinn managed to turn her head, expelling a mouthful of water.

Cool, desperate gulps of air rushed into her beleaguered lungs. At last, she could breathe deeply again."Quinn, are you out of your mind?" A man's voice thundered above her, a tone of fury Quinn had never heard before."Who told you to jump? Who gave you permission? If you wanted to die, why didn't you just say so? I should've taken care of you with a single shot this morning!"

Through the haze, Quinn tried to discern the face of the man above her, but all she could see was the surrounding blackness. Drops of water kept falling onto her face, some seeping into her eyes and mixing with her tears to stream down her cheeks. Guided by instinct, Quinn slowly lifted her hand to touch the man's face. "L-Lu-" she struggled to form the syllables.

Never having spoken before, she couldn't get the rest of the word out, despite laboriously trying, she only managed that single sound. The man was clearly taken aback."What did you say?" Quinn opened her mouth, her breath swirling in her throat, but the sounds that emerged didn't match the movements of her lips and tongue.

silent as a cold wind whipped around them, causing the shrubs to rustle noisily. It also swept away all of Alexander's anger. Alexander sat beside her in a daze, staring

on where it should be."You..." Alexander held her hand and

her eyelids heavy, unable to stay conscious any longer, she fainted. Kyle Astor had been lying on the edge of the cliff for a long

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no matter what!" The bodyguards behind him nodded and ran off, searching for a

into the house. The person who should have been bedridden from serious injuries was now nowhere to be seen; the room was empty.Kyle Astor searched several

Alexander. He had seen on the ascent that the canyons amidst these mountains were