CELESTE'S POV I fell on the ground, my lungs burning but it was nothing compared to the ache in my chest. The pressure on my throat was gone but the imprint of his fingers stayed. I slowly looked up at him, his cold unreadable eyes were on me. I had given everything to this man, every laugh,smile, dream and everything was all crushed in his grasp. His expression was unreadable, no regret, nothing just nothing at all. And that broke me. Not the pain I felt or the air struggling to return to my lungs, but the fact that he would never love me again. Never again. The memory hit me hard, uninvited and unstoppable. Zephyr and I lay underneath the stars, his arms wrapped around me so tightly as if letting go would make the world disappear. His voice was quiet and filled with warmth. “I will love you forever,” he'd whispered in my hair. “You're my everything and I will always find my way back to you.” I had believed him, every single word he said I had swallowed up. Now with
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