ELODIE’S POV
The door clicked shut behind him And just like that. The air changed, I didn’t move. I couldn’t. My body felt locked in place, my hand still pressed against my chest as if I could physically hold the bond together—or tear it out entirely.
Death is the only way you escape me.
The words echoed, louder now in the silence he left behind. He had said it like it was nothing, Like it was fact. Like it was already decided.
“No…” I whispered, shaking my head.
That couldn’t be true, there had to be another way. There had to be but the bond. It pulsed again, harder this time. Pain shot through my chest so suddenly I gasped, gripping the edge of the sink to steady myself. It wasn’t just emotion anymore. It felt… alive.
Like it was reacting, like it was angry.
“I won’t die for this,
