THE REVENGE
Chapter 22
Jasmine's p.o.v.
My eyes grew heavy, my lids slowly drifting shut. I couldn’t move. I didn’t want to.
“No, no… don’t close your eyes.” A hand brushed my cheek, warm against my cold skin. “Stay with me. Everything will be fine,” a male voice said.
“What happened?” I whispered, my throat tight.
“There was a shooting at school… you’re in shock. Just breathe. You’re going to be okay.”
Sirens wailed somewhere in the distance, sharp and relentless. Voices overlapped—crying, shouting—but they felt far away, as if I were underwater.
And then I realized whose voice it was.
Maybe I had known from the first second. Maybe my mind had simply refused to accept it.
Him.
“Jasmine, you’re shaking,” Alex said quietly. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around my shoulder
