#Chapter 266: This Life and the Next

Audrey & Third Person Audrey The building trembled around us, the walls groaning as if the entire structure was on the verge of collapse. Dust choked the air, thick and suffocating, as chunks of ceiling began to rain down in showers. But I didn’t run. I couldn’t. I stayed right there, cradling Edwin’s head in my lap. “Get up!” Peter’s voice cracked as he crouched next to me, desperately gripping my shoulder. “Audrey, we have to go! The whole place is coming down!” I didn’t answer, didn’t look at him. My vision was blurred by the tears streaming down my face, my focus only on the man bleeding out in my arms. I pressed my hands into his wound, willing it to close, but it was no use. That scream that had ripped from my throat had drained every drop of my power in one burst. Edwin’s blood had already soaked through his shirt, a dark stain that was spreading too quickly, like a deep crimson flower. The bond between us pulsed with our shared pain as his life