las

eezing, numbing my limbs, dragging me down

ves. I saw Desmond. He had surfaced, shaking

" he sho

els

right

is foot. He didn't even look. His eyes were locked on

ne yelled, swimming

d screaming, keeping herself perfectly afloat. They

ped ki

ezing water. It wasn't just a rejection of

care if I li

had designed for my soul, was swim

s a whisper, lost in

s. I looked at the yacht, at the lights, at the th

It was my wolf. She sounded tired. We hav

ng. I let the ai

sa

silencing the world. It was p

he abyss when a rough

d upward, coughing and sputtering. A l

sy!" a gruff

an deckhand with a cigarette dangling from his

ed in the harbor clinic. I was wrapped in thre

ned. I expec

ed in. He didn't ask how I

is waitin

teeth chattering.

"My sons are with her. You caused quite a scene, Dallas. Dragging the fu

ly looked at him. I s

My voice was raspy,

de. You go straight to

yone to say good

ak, but my resolve was iron

hall, I

private room. Desmond was pacing, his hands

turned.

ed over his face. He took a step to

out of the room. "Miss Taylor is as

looked at the nurse.

choice this time. I

ward the exit signs. I pushed through

e black sedan wai

I told the driver.

opened my contacts. Desmo

All.

snap in my chest. It was the last thread

anymore. I was nobody. And I was