Jess’s POV:
I can’t breathe.
My chest feels tight, like I’m being squeezed from the inside out, and my heart won’t stop pounding. It’s thudding so fast I half expect it to burst right out of me as they wheel me through the hospital corridors.
Everything around me is spinning. Bright lights, murmured voices, the faint smell of antiseptic. It takes several minutes before they finally get me cleaned up, wiping away the blood and grime. Kyle’s wheeled off to the children’s ward, and thank God she didn’t suffer any major damage.
If she had… Maximus wouldn’t have wasted a second. He’d either throw me behind bars or end me without blinking.
A nurse approaches, her expression unreadable. She hands me a few pills, closes the chart in her hand, then looks at me a little too long.
“Mrs. Hemsw
