ALLISON.

"She must have taken it while he was asleep. And Mason… the reckless bastard… he let it happen."

I saw the rage flicker in his eyes, but beneath it, there was something else. Pain.

"Mason promised he’d retrieve it again. But that didn’t change the fact that every second counted. Noelle was dying."

A lump formed in my throat.

"A week passed. He still hadn’t gotten it back. And by then… Noelle was already taking her last breath.” River’s voice became almost ...