I could still hear every word. My body was completely unresponsive. My eyelids felt like lead, and I could not even move a finger. First came a storm of screams, then the crisp crash of breaking glass.
For the first time, Lucian lost the calm control he always prided himself on. "Call an ambulance! Get a f*****g ambulance here now!"
Someone nervously began, "Mr. Vaughn, Nora is already..."
"Shut up!"
He sounded out of his mind, clutching me as if sheer desperation could keep me alive. I could feel his hands trembling.
Before I passed out beneath the rubble in my previous life, he had held me like this too, his hands shaking just as badly. Back then, I had felt sorry for him. Now, I only felt tired.
My stepmother soon burst into tears, but she was not crying for me.
"Today is Victori
