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Chapter <b>501 </b>
<b>“</b>Drifting where?”
He didn’t answer.
“WHERE?” <b>I </b>roared.
“We don’t know!” Tony shouted back. “Maybe nowhere. Maybe she’s just–she’s just lost.
I grabbed him by the front of his shirt and mmed him against the wall. <b>“</b>You said this was safe. You said you could restore her mate bond.”
“That’s not “Tony’s eyes went wide. “That’s not what this procedure was for.”
I froze. “What?”
Anthony stepped forward, holding his hands out catingly. “Alexander, please. Let him go.”
“Answer the fucking question.” I didn’t let go of Tony. “What was this procedure for?”
Tony looked at Anthony. Anthony looked at the floor.
And then, slowly, haltingly, they told me.
They told me about Maria. About how they’d been trying to bring her back for years. About how they thought E’s rebirth,bined with the crystal’s power, made it possible to transfer Maria’s soul into E’s body.
They told me they had lied.
I let go of Tony. He stumbled back, gasping. I wanted to hit him. I wanted to rip both of their throats out. But E was still lying in that chair, still unconscious, still slipping away, and killing them wouldn’t bring her back.
“Fix this,” I said. My voice was shaking. “Fix this right now.”
“We’re trying,” Anthony said. “But we don’t know how. The procedure was experimental. We didn’t anticipate-”
“I don’t give a shit what you anticipated!” I was shouting now. “You used her. You lied to her, and you used her, and now she’s dying because of it!”
“She’s not dying,” Tony said quickly. “Her body is stable. But her consciousness is somewhere else. <b>We </b>just need <b>to </b>find a way to bring her back.”
“Then do it!”
“We’re trying!”
<b>I </b>turned back <b>to </b>E. Her <b>face </b>was <b>so </b>still. The crystal was barely glowing now, <b>just </b>a faint flicker beneath her skin.
I reached for her hand again, but before <b>I </b>could touch her, my phone rang.
I almost ignored it. But then I saw the name on the screen.
Hunter.
I answered. <b>“</b><b>What</b>?”
<b>“</b><b>Alexander</b><b>.</b><b>” </b><b>Hunter’s </b><b>voice </b><b>was </b>frantic. “The house <b>is </b>on fire.”
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“What?” I hissed.
“The house. Someone set it on fire. I got most of the staff out, but-” He paused. I could hear sirens in the background. “Lucien is still inside. The nursery–I can’t get to it. The stairs are blocked.”
My son.
My son was trapped in a burning house.
I looked at E. She was lying there, unconscious, maybe dying, and I couldn’t do anything to help her. But Lucien
“I’m on my way,” I said.
“Hurry,” Hunter said, and then the line went dead.
I shoved my phone in my pocket and grabbed Anthony by the cor. “You do whatever it takes to bring her back. Do you understand me? Whatever. It. Takes.”
“We will,” Anthony said. “I swear.” I didn’t believe him, but I didn’t exactly have a choice right now.
I looked at E one more time. She was so still. So quiet. I wanted to stay. I wanted to be there when she woke up- if she woke up. But Lucien was in danger. My son needed me, and E would want me to save him. I knew she would. She would never forgive me if I let our son die just to stay by her side.
I bent down and kissed her forehead. “I’ll be back,” I whispered, although I wasn’t sure if she could hear me. <b>“</b><b>I </b>promise. Just hold on.”
Then I turned and ran for the door. Behind me, I could hear Tony and Anthony shouting at each other, arguing about what to do next. I didn’t stop to listen.
I burst out of the house and into the driveway. My car was still parked where I’d left it, sitting crooked in the driveway. <b>I </b>jumped in, started the engine, and floored it.
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<strong>Sara Lili</strong> is a daring romance writer who turns icyndscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of d’s breathtaking cold.