Chapter 124

• “Sorry, I didn’t realize,” I murmur, my voice barely above a whisper. Guilt prickles under my skin as I step back, silently wishing the floor would open up and swallow me whole.
• Clark visibly relaxes the moment I withdraw my hand from Lucas. His shoulders ease, his rigid posture softening with a long, deliberate exhale. Without another word, he approaches Lucas’s motionless body, his eyes narrowing with a critical frown as he surveys the scene.
• “Is there a reason you’ve laid him down so haphazardly?” he asks, not unkindly, but there’s a sharpness to his tone that makes me flinch. He doesn’t wait for an answer before crouching beside my unconscious mate.