Twist Of Fate

Jace. I pushed my fingers into my hair, pacing back and forth down the hallway, waiting for Azalea to return with the blood test results. She’d been in the lab room for over three hours. My patience was wearing thinner by the second. I stopped, blowing out a hefty breath and rubbing my eyes. Exhaustion was kicking my ass lately, but it wasn’t the priority right now. Lisa and the baby was. You knew the saying as it goes—seeping can wait until I die. I used to swear by it, but now? I fucking lived it through and through. A click sounded. I spun around to find Liam slipping out of his bedroom, eyeing me cautiously, then turned to close the door behind him. He strode past me without saying a word. I didn’t move until he disappeared into the kitchen. I returned to pacing, my heart climbing inside my ears. My limbs were shaky, and felt almost weak. “Fuck, I need some sleep,” I breathed under my breath. I stalked toward the three steel chairs placed outside in the hallway and planted my ass o