Chapter 305

• Third Person's POV
• Riley’s body lay motionless upon the cold slab of the surgical chamber. The harsh white lights above made her skin look even paler than the sheets beneath her, drained of every trace of warmth. The thin hospital gown was torn and stained, streaked with blood both scarlet and black. Her lips were cracked, still tainted by the poison she had vomited in her final moments.
• When Carmen entered the room, her knees nearly buckled. The sight of Riley—once vibrant, once fierce, once stubbornly alive against all odds—reduced to a fragile corpse, gutted her soul.