chapter 108

“Kat,” Ezra asks, shaking her shoulders as her face pales, the colour draining out of her as she turns grey. My stomach sinks and Ares howled agonised in my head when Ezra rips her from me. Placing her on her back before performing CPR. I completely lost it, couldn’t even function while he tried to bring her back. I just stared, panic freezing me. Each second passing felt like hours and I heard Ezra crack one of her ribs as his hands compressed her chest. I lost all sense of time as I watched the nightmare unfold in front me. I couldn’t lose her. I only just got her, and now I was the reason she was dead. I could never live with that guilt, live with knowing I killed her and destroyed Ezra. Ezra stops, looking at me and I brush her hair from her face where it was sticking to her, yet despite looking dead she was warm to touch still. Ezra drops his head and I could see the horror on his face, the heartbreak, his hands still on her chest. “Kat, please” I whisper, I can’t be the reason sh