Chapter 23

"Why did you save me?" Niall asked, his voice extremely light due to excessive blood loss. Once Cassian set him down in the car, he turned to smile reassuringly at Jasmine, who was hurrying up to them. Then, he replied, "I'm not letting Jasmine owe you a debt." Jasmine looked at Cassian's still-bleeding arm, then at Niall lying pale-faced in the car. In the end, all she did was get silently into the front passenger seat. The three of them remained dead silent the entire way to the hospital. Cassian focused on driving, and Jasmine could see that Niall's eyes were closed through the rearview mirror. … While the doctor treated Niall's injuries, Jasmine stood in the corridor. Cassian leaned against the opposite wall, watching her. She held up the iodine swab that a nurse had given her. "Let me help you with your arm." Cassian reflexively shrank back before obediently holding out his arm. He let out a light hiss of pain whenever the cotton swab touched his wound. "Does it hurt a