Chapter 110

I couldn't believe my eyes. Jaxon looked so battered and tired, so hurt and conflicted. I bent to his side, carrying him and helping him sit on a fallen log to rest.

"Jaxon, what happened?" I asked. I was obviously concerned and confused as I assessed his wounds.

He winced, the pain evident in his eyes. "I... I couldn't go through with it, Lily," he whispered.

"Go through with what?"

"He wanted me to…I couldn't kill…I couldn't…" He coughed out violently and I didn't know what to do.

It had been so long since I saw Jaxon and to see him in that state, after so long, this was very disheartening. I wondered if what he wanted to tell me was how he got there or who put him in that condition. What happened to him? Where had he been all this while?

I knew I couldn't bombard him with so many questions at that moment but I needed to know. I needed to know a lot, Jaxon. I wanted to tell him to explain everything to me. 

"Lily…water…wa..I need wate