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.

thought of her childhood,

she'd tried everything to be good, to be obedient, but Carla always seemed to despise her. Why did

learned the truth-Carla

The mother she

she was back

she'd disrupted their peaceful lives. Pearl's

on Isadora: she'd always been a

family she'd longed for had never

cold and aloof-until the day he

They'd all hurt her.

hurt her so

her heart away, that if she

could ever reach

came into her

looked at her as if she was

in the world.

Isadora saw her own reflection. She heard his deep, steady voice: "Isadora, how can you be so

insisted she wasn't

would just laugh, "If you're not, then

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

his chest, letting her

heart-each thump echoing ele