Chapter 248

• Nathan's pov
• I don’t even remember how I got out of the car. All I remember is the cold air against my face as I burst through the hospital entrance, Claire clutched in my arms. My shirt was already soaked with her blood, my shoulder throbbing where Vanessa’s bullet had grazed me, but none of that mattered. All I could see was Claire’s pale face, her eyes fluttering shut, her breaths shallow and broken like they were being stolen from her one by one.
• “Help! Somebody help me!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, my voice raw, shattering into the sterile, echoing halls of the emergency ward.