Chapter 112

THE UNEXPECTED TWIST AND THE START OF SOMETHING NEW 

Jason's POV

Time felt like it had stopped. Everything around me was dark and quiet—eerily quiet. The only light came from a faint glow in the room, flickering as if it might disappear any second. It looked like Axel, Jane, and the rest had left. If they were still here, they’d have noticed even the smallest movement I was making.

I was alive, but barely. Breathing was a struggle, each gasp sharp and shallow, each beat of my heart weaker than the last. How I was still alive was a mystery. How was I still here after the shots fired, after the pain that ripped through my body?I could still hear it all. I could still hear the gunshot echoing in my ears, the sharp crack of the pistol playing on a loop in my mind. Jane’s screams still haunted me, too, blending with the relentless pain from the bullet wound.

The cold, sticky pool beneath me felt endless. Every attempt to move was agony, but