Marcus pov

“I saw you,” she said finally. “In my visions. You’re there in almost all of them. Standing beside me. Protecting me. And in the ones where I survive…” She swallowed hard. “In those, you’re the reason why.”

My heart stuttered. “Then why are you fighting this?”

“Because in the visions where we…” She looked away. “Where we become more than friends. Those are the ones where you die instead of me. And I can’t… I won’t let that happen.”

“So ...