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Chapter 19 Begging
LUCIAN POV
"NO," I scream as Amber's chest goes silent and the pups howl.
Gavin frantically takes towels away from a female servant and gently moves my hands out of the way before pressing the towels against Amber's back. He turns her over, and my eyes search her face for signs of life. Almost as if they think my ears are lying.
Her blue eyes are closed, and her face is drained of color. My mind immediately begins to engrave her features into my memory as Gavin begins chest compressions. Her pixie-like nose, her pouty lips, her blonde roots growing out from under the fake brunette box dye.....the bruises around her neck from where my hands squeezed.
"He said ten minutes," Kohn announces as soon as he comes back outside at a sprint.
He freezes at the backdoor, and I force my gold eyes to look at him.
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