Chapter 182

Alec's POV

Where had she gone? I smelled the air and followed her note. A few meters away I heard a loud "Fuck!" That was probably my companion. I increased my pace and had almost caught up with her, but then I saw a bright light. I called out to her several times.

"Val! Valeria! VALERIA!"

But it was already too late. She didn't hear me and suddenly the car hit her. There was another loud honk, but by then it was already too late. She was thrown a few meters further onto the street and there she lay.

Motionless. I had déjà vu. From the day we found her in the canyon. From the day I thought I had lost my little companion forever. It felt like I had experienced it all before. But this time I was irrevocably the cause. I had pushed her to do it. It was my fault that she was lying there now. I alone am to blame. It shouldn't be her lying there, but me. I should lie there! Not her!

I started to move slowly and got faster and faster. When I