The engine's low growl was a desperate plea in the quiet, a half-whispered prayer hanging heavy between them. Grey's knuckles, stark white on the steering wheel, mirrored the rigid set of his jaw,tight enough to shatter diamonds. Ahead, the hospital loomed, its brutal fluorescent glare slicing through the night like a thousand accusations he wasn't ready to face. Liam slumped in the passenger seat, had shed his usual teenage swagger, leaving behind a raw, exposed vulnerability that jabbed at Greyson, pulling him back to his own youth. The boy's hands trembled, just perceptibly, as he stared out the window, the city lights blurring into streaky neon ghosts. "You're driving like a maniac," Liam's voice was a low hum, barely cutting through the engine's roar. He didn't ease up. He couldn't. Every single second they hurtled down this road was another second Cassie lay there, another tick of the cosmic clock deciding if it would snatch her from him, too. He'd learned the hard way that th
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