Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 848:

A flicker of awareness stirred in Maia. She just felt that Chris was standing a little too near for comfort. A sharp sound broke the quiet — his breathing had turned quick and uneven.

It was unmistakably Chris.

When she turned around, Maia found him visibly shaken — his usual calm shattered, brows drawn tight, and one hand pressed firmly against his head.

His footing faltered, and he swayed as if he might fall at any second.

“Chris?” Alarm swept over Maia’s face. She rushed to his side and caught his arm. “What’s happening to you?”

Sweat trickled down his face, cold and heavy, while his entire body tensed in what looked like unbearable agony.

“My head… it feels like it’s splitting…” His voice came out strained, eyes glazing over as he struggled to stay conscious.

say another word, his body gave out,

up!” Maia pleaded, her voice raw from screaming as she tried to hold his lifeless weight, nearly buckling

seemed swallowed by

while sweat formed a cold sheen on his brow. The heat radiating from his skin was almost unbearable. It was as if a fever raged through his

your eyes, Chris. Look at me, I’m

ran deep, and his

The manager joined him, and together they lifted Chris onto a stretcher before

𝓢𝓮𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 ⲅ𝓪𝓁ⲛ𝓞𝓿𝒆𝓁𝓼⸳𝖼𝖔𝖒

cutting through Maia’s thoughts

the affiliate hospital of Sceibar Royal Academy, Maia lingered in the hallway. She paced restlessly, tense as a drawn bowstring, glancing nervously at the shut doors.

she could do now was hope — trusting

Sixty minutes crawled by.

light glowed steadily, and the steel doors stayed