Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 443

The warehouse was dark and damp, the biting cold mixing with thick fog that seemed to seep into your bones.

A thin sheet of ice had formed across the concrete floor, sending a chill through the air that made the place feel even more desolate.

Isadora and Wendy huddled together in a corner.

Wendy was shivering uncontrollably; just a moment ago, she'd been yelling for help at the door, but now the cold had stolen her voice. She could barely make a sound.

Isadora curled into herself, arms tightly wrapped around her stomach, as if to protect something fragile inside.

Wendy glanced over at Isadora, saw her eyelids drooping, and panicked. "Isadora, please don't do this. Stay with me."

At the sound of her friend's voice, Isadora forced her eyes open, answering weakly, "I'm here..."

Wendy's words trembled on the verge of tears. "You said Victor would come for us. Why isn't he here yet?"

As she spoke, tears spilled down her cheeks, freezing almost instantly as they hit the icy floor.

Isadora wanted to reassure her, to tell her she wasn't falling asleep, but her throat felt blocked, choked by the cold and exhaustion. She couldn't manage a single word.

Her consciousness began to blur and drift.

Memories surfaced.

her childhood,

then, Isadora could never understand it; she'd tried everything to be good, to be obedient, but Carla always seemed

the truth-Carla wasn't her real

she dreamed of was never someone

the memories shifted; she was

peaceful lives. Pearl's bitterness was always there, whispering, "Why did you come back and

always been a burden, someone who didn't really

she'd longed for had never been as warm as she'd

the day he knelt and begged her

They'd all hurt her.

hurt her

her heart away, that if she hid

could ever

Victor came into her

looked at her as if she was the

in the world.

heard his

always insisted

not, then why can't

didn't believe it. After all, no one had ever truly loved

to his chest,

heart-each thump echoing ele