Chapter 67

Lila later thought that if Kieran hadn't been there during that time, she might not have survived.

The flu hit her hard. The day she fell ill, her fever spiked and wouldn't come down. She lay weak in bed, unable to lift a finger.

She called Dorian, but Zara answered the phone instead. Lila couldn't remember much of what she had said in her dazed state. She sent another message later, but there was no reply.

She hadn't reached out because she wanted him to come. She wouldn't want him to risk catching the illness.

But being sick and possibly facing death in a foreign country, filled her with an overwhelmed loneliness. She just wanted to hear his voice, to feel some comfort.

But there was nothing.

Kieran found out the next day and rushed over.

By then, she hadn't had water all day.

She couldn't eat either, not because she didn't want to, but because she was too weak to move.

She was so sick that she could barely recognize anyone, yet she saw Zara's post on SoulLink.

photo of a man massaging her

were visible, but

was a mole just above the webbing between his thumb and index finger on

on SoulLink had been meant for

She was afraid that touching her old wounds would bring back

moved to tears when he heard her say

know. If I had known, I would've been

the past, just seeing him like this would have made Lila

in bed. The cicadas in the Magnolia tree outside were buzzing incessantly. Their wings fluttered as they flew to a nearby,

I just want you to know that a long time ago, I had already

took out the three beads she had picked up earlier.

as smooth as polished ivory, and the three sandalwood beads lay quietly

tightly, enclosing the beads within her palm,

his voice shaking. His eyes were filled with regret.

loved you, from the beginning

had once been attracted to Zara, but he had never done

had never kissed or slept

funny when Dorian said he

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