The nurse gave her one last understanding look before slipping out of the room, and closed the door softly behind her.
Abigail sat there in silence, her eyes fixed on the spot where the nurse had stood.
She pressed her palms against the mattress, steadying herself as she exhaled slowly.
A discharge… soon.
But soon felt dangerous.
If she waited, there was a chance Kai would know.
A chance he would appear before she left and start asking questions she didn’t want to answer. Worse, he could stop her.
Ha. Lucky if he would even bother to stop her.
She already knew the truth that she was nothing more than a vessel he had borrowed. A body chosen for a task, a body that had served its purpose. In his eyes, this was the end of the arrangement. The chapter was already closed.
And yet… she
