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.

try this," Lidia urged, snapping the lid open and lifting the bottle

same elixir Alex had slipped Bella-her treasured keepsake, a vow of forever disguised

You really think this'll pull her back.

"Unless you've got a better miracle

don't buy it,"

Bella's wish-don't spit on

existed, Jericho would never wager his daughter's life on a

of desperation, and every white-coated expert

tearing down the highway, and time bled away

but to scrape

he muttered,

would lace a toxin

sagged

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

Bella's frost-pale skin and felt his jaw lock

a curt nod he growled, "Fine. We roll the

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