Sireen’s POVI am blinded by pain when my head connects with the hard ground, but I’m grateful that I no longer feel Enzo’s breath on my neck or his teeth on my skin. I try to look around to see where the force came from, but the world has turned horizontal, it’s hard for me to make out what is happening, but it’s a great commotion.Where there was just Enzo and me, there are more pairs of feet now, but all my scattered thoughts come to a halt when someone crouches in front of me. I don’t know who it is, but I’m so traumatized from everything that has happened, I flinch with a strangled cry when their hand touches my face.“It’s me, Sireen,” she coos, and my blurry eyes lazily settle on Jessica’s soft features. I blink once, then twice.“Jessica?” I ask quietly, scared that this is a part of Enzo’s ritual, and I’m beginning to see things, but she nods with a gentle smile, using one hand to clear the dirt from my face.“It’s me. You’re safe now, Sireen. You’re safe.”Behind us, it’s l
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