his place, about his duty to me. He was telling him that I w

d shoulder. My heart had hammered in my chest. It w

fatuated, to see the sh

ed him to do it again. I re

for another woman. For Eve. He looked up at he

in, sharp and unbearable. I

im faster and faster, the wind whipping past my face, temporarily chasing away the s

with high jumps and tight turns. I guided Mi

. Midnight gathered himse

second, I hear

e cinch h

A searing pain shot through my leg. Midnight, spooked and riderless

is back to me, completely oblivious to my plight. He was supposed to

He was too busy

, my voice raw with

was at my side. He grabbed Midnight's reins, his voice a low command that instantly ca

e had been so focused on Eve h

, I was in a hospital

taker. He was a perfect nurse, attentive and gentle. He brought

sliver of hope to grow. Maybe he did care. Mayb

Eve visited, the secret smiles they shared when they t

restroom. The cast made it awkward, and I hobbled slowly d

a small alcove near the nurses'

er's voice was a low hiss. "Cutting her sa

d myself against the wall,

at. My calculations showed she'd just have a minor fall, maybe a sprain. Enough

fall. It wasn't an ac

?" Javier asked. "Playin

d. "Then this will all be over. S

ead from my chest through my entire body, a chill that

. On purpose. To "scar

in. The agony in my heart was so much greater, it eclipsed ev