CHAPTER 26 A scream escaped my lips as I saw Jase crumple to the floor across the room. He had been sitting there since Thomas had told him to do so, with his head hung in between his knees. I had been sneaking glances his way as the people around me talked in hushed conversations over things I didn’t, couldn’t, understand. I was on autopilot, thankful to be awake and not hurting, but also struggling to make sense of whatever this newest form of bad luck was, that came to add to the already torturous list that cataloged my life. I couldn’t catch a break. But as I looked at Jase, the light from the windows shone over his bronzed skin, casting a soft glow on his handsome features and I couldn’t help but think it was symbolic somehow. Like maybe my life wasn’t all darkness… There was

