I don’t know how much time has passed or that I haven’t stopped shaking. I’ve seen death and blood before. H*ll, I’m usually the one causing it. But for some reason, Ambrose’s pain was filling my chest with a tightness that was making it hard to breathe. I suddenly feel like the air had left the room and if he dies…I won’t survive.

I hear Sebastian arrive but I can’t look up. I can’t even move. What was wrong with me?

“Hera?” he says. He ...