“Fine. I will bring her back to apologize to Charlotte.”
Could it be that he would let me die if Sylus did not order him to keep me alive?
But the phone call ended before I could make sure of everything, leaving only the distant echo of Sylus’s words.
What was more, I should apologize to the woman for whose sake I was gutted?
The absurdity of it all struck me like a cruel joke. But my body was too weak to react. My limbs grew heavier with each second and my mind dulled under the weight of exhaustion.
“Lily,” Xavier muttered as he stitched me back together with little care. “Consider today your lucky day. You have managed to survive once again.
“But if you are smart, you will get away from this family as soon as possible. Now that Charlotte’s back, your days are numbered.”
His voice faded in and out as consciousness slipped further from my grasp. I wanted to reply, to scream, to tell him I already knew my place, but my body refused to cooperate.
Xavier’s cold sneer was the last thing I saw before I lost the battle with darkness.
When I woke, a sharp slap across my cheek yanked me back to reality. My breath came in ragged gasps and my forehead drenched in sweat.