Brian's POV
"I don't love you anymore..."
Those words felt like a dull, rusty saw, mercilessly tearing through my chest. The pain was overwhelming.
I stared hard at Ashley. Her expression was unnervingly calm, like a well that had been dried up for centuries. No anger, no sorrow, not even a trace of the love I once knew so well.
God, no! A chilling wave of panic, cold as a Siberian wind, froze my blood in an instant.
"No! Ashley! You can't do this to me!" I snapped, losing every shred of composure. I lunged forward, desperate to grab her hand, to somehow stop her from slipping away.
But before I could reach her, a tall figure in black stepped in like a cold front carving its way through the corridor.
Hebert.
With nothing more than a casual movement, he raised a ha
