Dumped, Because His "HER" Is Back
I tore a strip from my silk robe, pressing it against a deep gash on his forehead.
His eyelids fluttered, then opened. For a moment, his gaze was vacant, unfocused, until they landed on me. A ghost of a smile touched his cracked lips.
"You're... still here," he rasped, his voice sounding like it had been dragged through gravel.
"I’m here. We’re here," I sobbed, taking his hand and pressing it against my stomach. "You did it. You saved us."
"The detonator..." he coughed, a spray of red hitting the floor. "The main hall collapsed. Vane... Sarah... they didn't make it to the safe zone. It's over, Eve. The Blackwood name is buried under ten tons of steel."