AN HOUR AGO, BEFORE LUCY & I ENDED UP IN HUNTER'S CAGE...
"I… I… I… don't love her." Christian's heartless voice was echoing in my ear.
"I slept with her because I didn't want to leave her alone—even for a minute—in this unknown place. You can rest assured, Jonas. We have maintained our safe distance and never crossed our limits. Sleeping with Ava was like sleeping with a teddy bear."
"But...You don't like teddy bears."
"Don't worry, little brother. I would rather die than….Separate you two."
"Because.. I don't love Ava. I never did."
I woke up with a nightmare that was eerily similar to yesterday's heated argument. I thought I'd fought the odds and could finally have a confusion-free journey ahead, but I was wrong, and this nightmare was the biggest evidence of it. Even though Chr
