CHAPTER 68: COMATOSE

SERAPHINA’S POV

I'm left stunned, a deer caught in headlights—confused, wide-eyed, and paralyzed in place.

The ground beneath me seems to crumble as I fall into a sinking pit of despair, engulfed in darkness. All the while, I'm denying it over and over again in my head.

There’s no way Olivia would be in a coma. The school is safe. Despite the segregations, there’s no way a student could get badly hurt like that, and no one would know the culprit.

But why would he lie to me about Olivia? He has no reason to - nothing to gain. She really is unconscious.

‘It’s all your fault. You promised you wouldn’t let anything happen to her.’

No, I-I did my best. I left her out of everything dangerous.

‘She’s your friend; she’s bound to get wound up in the threats that come after you at some point.’

But I didn’t mean for any of this.

‘You let her down, and now she’s hurt.’

I-I…I did this.

The realization hits me, and my inner thoughts harp on my own role in all of this. The ringing in my ears intensi