Chapter 122

Rafael had always imagined death to start with some blinding light where all the best moments of his life would flash by him and then follow with an abyss of darkness. At least that's what he heard people say it would be like. The gunshots were still ringing in his ears long after the darkness, but the blinding light never came. The pain and the hopelessness sure felt like death.

Among the many regrets he had, he regretted not being able to say a proper goodbye. Ruhi had never believed how unconditionally he loved her. He knew he did a poor job showing his feelings to her, except that he could prove that he would die for her, willing to do so over and over.

He wanted to hear Ruhi's voice one last time before falling unconscious. His body was going numb, but a shooting pain unfurled in the deepest pit of his stomach when he thought about the image of Ruhi lying on the floor.

Was she conscious? He couldn't remember. Everything happened too quic