The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2370

“Balfour, are you hanging in there? Does it hurt a lot?”

Victoria had silently made up her mind that once they were both safely out of this mess, she was going to stick with the boy who had protected her, no matter what it took.

“Cough, cough-“Balfour spat a mouthful of blood and collapsed face down on the ground, motionless.

It felt like every muscle refused to obey him, and there was this dull ache in his chest probably a couple of broken ribs.

“How are you feeling? Can you get up, or do you need my help?”

Balfour seemed even weaker than she did. Victoria knew it was up to her to take charge.

With a pale, pained smile, Balfour said, “Your wrists are bound just like mine. What can you possibly do to help? Let’s just… let me rest a bit.”

though he didn’t say it, Victoria could see he was fading fast. His skin was turning ghostly white, and his lips had lost all their color. The guy who hit him had been ruthlessly

to make a run for it. Look where that got us. Maybe if we’d stayed put, that guy wouldn’t have flown off the

a mix of heartache

have had a chance to fight back. But now, with her there, it was like he was

wait,” Balfour said weakly before

ragged, and each

Victoria’s anxious ears.

Balfour!” she’d call out from time to time, terrified that if he fell asleep there, he

that. The next thing he knew, he was waking up in a hospital bed with Victoria lying beside him. How they got

and went over to Victoria’s bedside. Her breathing was frail, as if she could slip away from the world at any

the whole ordeal flashing back as he saw Mara collapsed on the ground. Mara and

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down, numb and unsure where to begin in lifting Mara

couldn’t believe the toll the scene was taking on Balfour. Leaning on her crutches, she wasn’t in the best shape to bend down herself.