Chapter 40

Syria’s POV

She looked so calm… almost like she was already dead.

My heart dropped as I stared at her still body. Then I turned my gaze sharply toward Uncle, anger rising in my chest like a fire ready to explode.

“What did you do to her?!” I shouted. “Why does she look like that? Why does she look like she’s dead? Is she even still breathing?!”

But he didn’t answer. He just looked at me coldly, like I was nothing. Then, without warning, he grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked my head back, f