Chapter 37 * Jordan **
When I woke up the next morning, the sun was just starting to stream in the windows. It glowed beautifully over the perfect creature curled up in an armchair. I smiled at first, elated that she was there. But my smile dropped as I looked her over for the first time. She was thin, really thin. She had dark circles under her eyes and her hair looked limp and lifeless. She looked like she hadn’t eaten or slept in weeks. I was responsible for that. I was so stupid to leave her. Especially without proof. I was so quick to blame myself and to save her that I ended up killing her slowly and leaving her vulnerable to everyone with ill intentions. My eyes drifted to her bony wrists red and raw from the zip-ties. I’d left her in her weakest state, with a f—ing bounty on her. I didn’t think I’d eve
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