Chapter 110. What Could Be More Important?

Lucas’s POV

The moment the words left my mouth, Lena’s entire expression shattered.Her knees buckled as if someone had kicked the ground out from beneath her, and I caught her before she dropped.

“L–Lena—”

She shook her head violently, hands trembling. “No. No, no… Madison? It can’t be.” Her voice cracked on every syllable.

I pulled her into my chest, tightening my arms around her as she sobbed. Her tears soaked through my shirt but I didn’t care. All I could think about was holding her together before she fell apart completely.

“Why did she have to go through that? Why?”

“She’s okay,” I whispered into her hair as I rubbed her back. “She’s safe. Gray got to her in time before something worse could happen. She’s at the hospital receiving the necessary treatment. Lena… she’s okay.”

My words didn’t do anything to ease her pain. Her whole body trembled as she choked out breaths that came too fast, too shallow. Seeing her breaking like tha