Chapter 248

Lidia's voice shook as she clutched Jericho's sleeve.

"What are we going to do now? Tell me Bella's going to pull through, right?"

Jericho leaned in, whispering through clenched teeth, "I don't know," his mind racing for any miracle he still hadn't tried.

His reservoir of inner inner energy was thinning to a dangerous trickle.

Once that final spark died, Bella's heartbeat would follow it into the darkness.

Lidia's gaze darted to the nightstand, where a crimson velvet box tested beside a handwritten note.

The message, penned in Bella's looping script, read, “It I'm ever in danger, use this pill."

She had even doodled a tiny red heart beside the words, her faith sealed in ink and emoji.

to try this," Lidia urged, snapping the lid

Bella-her treasured keepsake, a vow of

that punk? You really think this'll pull her back.

moves, Jericho," Lidia shot back, eyes blazing. "Unless you've got a better miracle up your

buy it," he

spit on it,"

another path existed, Jericho would never wager his

of desperation, and every white-coated expert had already

Joane was still tearing down the highway, and

but to

it's poison?" he muttered, the question

you really think Alex would

sagged into brooding

had plenty of sins, but poisoning an innocent was never on their

at Bella's frost-pale skin and

he growled, "Fine.

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