Chapter 88

Levi

“Come here. Don’t panic.”

Connor’s words are floating in my head. I feel weightless and almost nonexistent, just a speck of dust floating around and not really heading anywhere. I don’t know what to do and I don’t feel like doing anything but rush to where Arthur is and make sure he’s okay.

Because none of that is my fault. I know it.

I don’t want to ruin what could have been a great start with me and him and Arya. I don’t want him to take her far away from me and I don’t want her to think that I’m some kind of sick murderer who will do that to anyone.

“Take me to the hospital,” I keep saying, but none of them are listening to me.

The next events happen in a blur. Daniel and Connor help me up and support my weight as we walk, and then suddenly I just find myself in Connor’s house with his sister Lauren sitting me down on the sofa and checking my face.

“What’s happening?” I ask absently. “Why am I here?”

Lauren turns to her brother who hands her a small glass with green liquid ins