Chapter 72 : Mercy

THEO. The shock that ripples through my body when my eyes meet the girls’ is enough to knock the air out of me. I find myself staggering away from her, not believing what I’m seeing. I’m pretty sure I just saw this girl die in my arms. Fuck, I felt her heart stop right against my own body. I know for a fact that she died. I saw her getting dragged away when I was getting arrested. I specifically remember one guard saying that they should take her away before Maxine does anything to her. But now she’s right in my arms again, hardly breathing again. At the brink of death… again. She looks up at me, her lips tinged with purple. “It’s you.” That confirms everything. My heart sinks. I carry her in my arms as delicately as I can, running to the benches to be hidden and buy us a little bit more time while she struggles to stay alive. Guilt is making my hands tingly and numb, but I just set her down on the floor. “I will get some help for you, okay?” I whisper to her, pushing her hair ba