Avery’s pov

The weight of the news made my tummy hurt and my heart aches. It felt like someone had struck their hand through my chest, got a grip on my heart, and squeezed it until it bled. My knees grow weak as the room begins to spin around me.

Xade is right behind me, pulling me in his arms as I looked at the screen in horror. Xaden takes the remote from me and switches the channels, but every single one that came up seems to be talking about this “very dangerous patient” who escaped, aka me.

Xade growled harshly. “Put it off!”

Xaden obeys and the TV screen goes black. But I can’t stop seeing that footage of me running down the halls while the anchor’s voice drew up a narrative that painted me as this so called dangerous fugitive.

“Did you see it?” Melissa whispered, her voice heavy with anxiety.

“Yeah,” I choked, my fingers gripping around the phone hard. “How….

came back you were gone. Then he had everyone searching for you Avery, it was like this man had gone crazed. You should have seen his eyes,” Melissa whispered

didn’t know what to do so I managed to sneak out. I only saw the news this morning and

hitching. “Do you think this could

heart accelerating. Could that be the reason why? Why would

whispered, my lower lip trembling as I rest my other hand on my stomach protectively. They put a bounty on my head as if I were

knock sounds at the door, then another. This time is was

updated,” she ends the call before I can respond and I

lost and confused and Kaylee looks unsure of what to do. That makes

right. Why would they put her up there like she was some fucking criminal?”

looks at me, his brows furrowing. ” When was this

a massive headache that made me pass out. All along it was the

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