ie

knew time was passing. Not by the sun, b

Jayden. For two days, he had brought me "food." It

fsb

. He knew

laughed, kicking the

The silver cuffs had turned my wrists black and necrotic. My womb, stil

dy finally gave out. I convulsed on

ack in a hospital bed,

a chair next to me.

ot looking up. "Starving yours

lf," I whispered. "Your

s is a loyal soldier! Stop lying! Wh

I didn'

el the bond. But you make it impossible. Just submit. Admit your guilt, pledge loy

illed my child?" I looked at him wit

d, and stormed out of

en slipped in. She looked healthy, glowing

out loud. She t

ou look terr

my head was

st wanted to te

at her. K

y do you think I arranged the rooftop meeting? I needed to make sur

ed. "You monste

going to believe? The trait

oking me. "Die quickly, Kacie. I wa

efore Cedr

e ceiling, calm. The rage was gone. The so

Hou

ic,"

ed at m

to make

kind o

ill admit to everything. I will annul the

f washed over his face. "Okay. Go

ve one co

me

e to the Starlight Ferr

park?" Cedric

was. Before the drugs, before the politics. Just... take me there

t my broken body, the sil

orrow night. But afte

es, a faint smile tou