Chapter 522

Layla’s POV

Her eyes gleamed with something I couldn’t identify…malice, perhaps, or maybe satisfaction. 

“It’s not personal,” she said, almost as if she were reassuring herself.

“Not personal?” I repeated, my voice rising in fear and disbelief. “What are you talking about? What are you…”

I never finished my sentence.

The world around me seemed to blur, the rooftop spinning as an overwhelming dizziness overtook me. My legs buckled, and I stumbled, my hands reaching out for something…anything…to steady myself. But there was nothing.

The last thing I saw was the woman’s cold, unflinching gaze as I fell.

The sensation was surreal…weightlessness, a terrifying loss of control. My mind screamed in panic, but my body felt numb, as though I were detached from it entirely. The wind rushed past me, cold and unforgiving, and then... nothing.

Darkness enveloped me, and the world disappeared.

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