Chapter 67: Slipping Away

Even until the end, Hunter loved me until his dying breath.

I cried and I cried until there were no more tears left to be released by my body, no more water, no more anything.

Not a single word in the dictionary could describe what I was feeling.

I was completely devastated. Heartbroken. Lost.

Honestly, I wasn't even sure if I was still feeling anything. Seeing Hunter lying on the ground lifeless had destroyed me completely. I don't think I'll ever recover from this.

And my biggest fear was him getting lost in my memory, our time together slipping away from my fingers, one question repeating in my head over and over again - was he ever really mine to lose?

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I jolted awake, sweat covering me from head to toe, and my body was shaking rapidly.

I was cold, but I was also too warm, like my body was on fire but I was thrown into negative temperature water.

What... what the hell...

Where... am I... now...

I rubbed my eyes with my hands and right after I tried to move my body