★Anastasia★
“You see, the thing is…I do. If you live, then the connection you have with Noah will live, and I cannot have that. I’m sorry, Anastasia,” Sophia’s voice was eerily soft, almost regretful, but there was no hesitation in her eyes. No mercy. Panic surged through me, as it tightened around my throat like a noose. I took a step back, and my hands trembled as I held them up in a useless gesture of surrender.
“Please, Sophia,” I whispered. “You don’t have to do this,” she tilted her head, clearly amused by my desperation.
“Oh, but I do,” she said, and I frantically shook my head.
“You don’t…I can leave. I can run away. I swear, I will never come back…I will go so far away that no one will ever be able to find me,” I pleaded as my mind raced for a way out of this mess I had sudd
