To save her sister, she married the Devil.
"One word from me, and your sister's treatment stops immediately. She doesn't get two weeks. She gets two days. Maybe less."
My legs gave out. I grabbed the desk, gasping for air.
"Sign the papers, and she lives." He set a pen beside the contract. "Walk away, and you bury her by Monday. Your choice."
"You're a monster," I whispered again.
"Yes. But I'm a monster who holds your sister's life in his hands." He checked his watch. "So what's it going to be, Aria? I need an answer. Now."
I thought of Lila's smile. Her laugh. The way she'd said ‘I love you’ just hours ago. She was sixteen. She deserved a life. She deserved to grow up, fall in love, have dreams that didn't involve hospital beds and