The Bound Between Us

Chapter 892

Her pleas felt like a knife straight through Herman's chest.

Swallowing his bitterness, he walked over and set the bowl of bird's nest soup

gently on the nightstand.

You spend enough time in the dark, and eventually your eyes adjust—you start to

see everything.

Herman sat at the edge of the bed, his voice soft and gentle. "Honey, try to eat a

little, okay?"

Anastasia looked at him, and before she could even speak, tears poured down

her face.

She shook her head, struggling to keep it together. But when Herman's hand

reached for her forehead, she flinched, instinctively pulling back, her eyes wide

with fear. "Don't—don't touch me."

His hand froze in the air, his pupils contracting.

He swallowed, the pain sharp and jagged, like swallowing shards of glass.

Holding himself back, Herman lowered his hand and tried to make himself smaller,

afraid of scaring her even more.

"I'll just leave it here, alright? And the medicine too, it's right here. I'll be over on

the couch if you need anything. Just call me, okay?"

His voice was so quiet—almost pleading.

He still couldn't shake the memory of finding her by the roadside, the surge of

rage that made him want to tear apart whoever had hurt her.

Herman backed away and sat on the sofa. Anastasia leaned against the

headboard, slowly letting herself relax.

one

If only

long they stayed like that, just the two of them and the

Herman finally

Ana. All of it.

words sent her over the edge. Joy and heartbreak tangled

now, of all

hard, refusing to break down in front

couldn't let him

even know when the tears on her face had dried.

stretch on forever.

her tongue,

swallow.

voice broke as

shoulders.

could guess the

to her—he even half-stood—but then

too scared of being

change the subject.

canceled Pattie's birthday party.

one

and Nancy can

are quick

all at Salstrom Manor

mom, who's still

Your dad..."

Anastasia drew

the air

"That night, after I

in a

happened after

I was

There were four men..."

voice was strangely calm, but under

dug into

medicine down my throat. After that, I couldn't

Herman, I'm

it, she felt completely drained, like all the

her soul, her whole

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