Never Back Down (The Forbidden #3)

Prologue

THEO

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

My vision blurs as the bathroom door grows dimmer by the second, it’s once brilliant white now slowly fading to gray.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

My body won’t move. My eyes won’t leave the door, and something is slowly trailing down my arm to my fingers. Water?

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

It’s all I can hear as my heart slows its rhythm. The once rapid beat grows softer with each ragged inhale and exhale.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

For the first time in years, I feel peaceful. The numbness seeps in. Why am I so cold?

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

It doesn’t hurt anymore. She can’t hurt me anymore.