Chapter 52. Save Her

I froze.

His voice echoed through the room. Not from the door, not from the window, but from everywhere and nowhere all at once.

Where is he? I couldn’t see him. But I could feel him.

“I’m here,” he said softly, and I could hear him in my mind.

I don’t know what was happening. Am I going crazy?

“River?” I called, feeding the delusions in my mind. “Are you… Are you really here?”

I asked that question even though I already knew the answer. He’s not here. It will be impossible for him to enter this room with all the locks, and I’m sure that there were more security guards outside the mansion, even if I hadn’t seen them.

Then, why could I hear his voice?

“I’m here,” he repeated, and this time, his voice was softer than before.

I stood up, walking in circles, tears blurring my vision as I tried finding him.

“They already took you away. I saw them—”

“I’m not gone,” his voice insisted. Still, I couldn’t see him, but it felt