EMBER’S POV
“Knox—”
“I’m not finished.” His thumbs press against my jaw. “And if your plan to save her starts to look like it’s going to take you with it — if I see it coming, if I get even a breath of warning — I will stop it. I will sabotage it. I will lie to you, I will move her, I will burn the drugs and break the doors and turn this whole house against you if that’s what it takes to keep your heart beating, and I will not feel one second of guilt about it. So you can train, and you can learn, and you can chase Sapphire all you like. But understand that I am not on the table. You are not allowed to spend yourself to save her. That’s the one thing in this world I will not let you do.”
The grey lawn is very quiet.
My face is sticky with drying blood, and my knees are soaked through,
