Mates at War: A Battle of Hearts
No, over my dead body would I go back.
The room began to spin, shadows creeping up around me, binding me like chains. I could barely breathe the edges of reality softening, pulling me deeper into whatever dark magic held sway over the letter. A loud knock on my door shattered the haze, and I gasped, dropping the letter like it had scalded me.
“Jade,” my father’s voice called from the hallway, “everyone is waiting for you. It’s almost time. What’s taking so long?”
I drew a shaky breath, pushing my hair back, trying to steady myself. The haze from the letter lifted, but its poison still lingered, pulsing under my skin.
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