Chapter Forty-Three
Ana
I stood up immediately from the couch the very moment I heard Jack's name echo from the doorway. My mind raced with sudden panic. Why exactly was he here at this apartment? How on earth had he managed to track down this hidden location outside the borders?
I watched through the open doorway as Jack slowly walked into the room. He didn't look at me at first. Instead, he reached out, gently took Lily’s hands in his own, and began to apologize to her over and over again, desperately begging her not to go through with the formal bond rejection.
But just as he was speaking, his eyes shifted past her shoulder and landed squarely on me. I watched as he froze entirely for a second, his expression turning into one of total shock before he pointed a finger directly at
