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Chapter 256

Chapter 256

-Ava’s POV-

I let out a shuddering breath, my fingers tightening around his hand. It felt cold, unnaturally still, and yet, somehow, I still expected him to squeeze back. To open his eyes. To scowl at me the way he always did when I challenged him. But there was nothing.

Silence.

Emptiness.

I swallowed against the lump in my throat, willing myself to be stronger than this, to be harder than this. But the moment I spoke again, my voice cracked.

“You were supposed to fix things.”

The words felt like acid on my tongue.

“I hated you for so long, and some part of me still does. But I would take us continuing how we’ve always been. For me me seeing you as the enemy and fighting with you than this.”

My chest tightened as I stared at him, his face slack, peaceful in a way that felt unnatural. Luther Pierce was never peaceful. He was absolutely dreadful and this was so wrong.

“I need you to wake up.”

My voice dropped to a whisper, raw and broken.

“I need you to fight like you always have. For once, not against me, but with me. I know it is impossible but I need you to find a way to do that still.

My breath hitched, and I squeezed my eyes shut. Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it. I had spent so much of my life trying to break free of his shadow, and now, sitting here, I realized how much of me had been built in reaction to him.

I sniffled, shaking my head as I wiped angrily at my eyes. This isn’t fair.

out a breathless laugh, my voice shaking with anger and grief all at once, “Even

to slump forward, resting my forehead against the edge of the

“Damn you, Father.”

thought about everything–about the years of resentment, the hard–earned moments of understanding, the way we had started to almost find a middle ground before it was all ripped

about how I had never gotten the chance to hear him say he was sorry. Not properly.

I never would. And I wanted that so badly. I wanted to know what it would be like being on the sane page family and this time it lasted for the rest of my life.

with my

his hand one last time before

when it happened.

beneath my

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froze, my breath catching in my throat. My heart pounded wildly as I stared at his hand,

then it happened again.

weak twitch

breath, my pulse roaring in my

up. The healers had said I shot to my feet, my chair scraping against

back.

with tears, just as my mind caught up to what

fingers twitched again.

as I sat there, watching,

I whispered. My fingers trembled as they hovered over his hand, waiting

lips together as my shoulders sagged. I imagined it. Just like

settled deep inside me but if that moment with Grayson hadn’t been a hallucination? What if it had been him reaching out–calling to

was different because my father was

for something I wasn’t even sure existed. And

pressed a kiss

was brief, barely there, but the weight of it sat heavy in my chest. It felt like a

on him one last time before I turned and walked out.

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