Hazel’s POV“That’s not what I’m saying!”My voice cracked as the words left my mouth, sharper than I intended, but I didn’t take them back. I couldn’t. Everything inside me felt too tight, too stretched, like one more push and I would snap completely.Nicholas turned slowly, his eyes dark and stormy, jaw clenched so hard I could see the muscle ticking. “Then what are you saying?” he demanded.“I’m saying—” I stopped, shaking my head in frustration, my hands curling into fists at my sides. “I’m saying innocent people are suffering, Nicholas. The lakes are dry. People need water.”“And I need you alive,” he shot back immediately.The force of his words hit me like a slap.Silence fell between us, thick and suffocating.I swallowed hard. “You think I don’t understand that?”“It doesn’t feel like it,” he said, his voice dropping lower, colder. “Because it seems like you don’t give a damn about how I feel.”My chest tightened painfully. “That’s not true.”“Isn’t it?” he snapped, taking a
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