Raegan’s mind remained hazy. Exhaustion had overwhelmed her, and she teetered on the brink of surrender. Tessa’s knife had left a cut on her skin.
At that critical moment, Henley had appeared out of nowhere. He had charged at Tessa, and both of them had tumbled down the stairs.
ALL Raegan saw was the blood spattered across the floor. She had feared the worst for Henley, and the thought of him dead because of her brought her to the edge of despair.
Eventually, she found the strength to crawl down the stairs.
There, she found Henley, still conscious, though injured. Relief flooded through her upon learning he had survived.
Raegan would never forgive herself if anything had happened to Henley on her account.
But soon, relief gave way to Lingering fear.
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It had been such a narrow escape! Just a matter of inches!
She was so close to death. Had it not been for Henley’s prompt rescue, she would have been the one lying there motionless, and her face would have been beyond recognition.
Mitchel, who was silently watching Raegan break into sobs for Henley, felt a profound weight on his heart.
Ever since she had disappeared, his heart had been in a constant state of unrest and unable to find peace.
When he thought the miserable body on the ground was Raegan, he felt as though an invisible giant hand was tearing his heart apart, and the pain still lingered.
Only God knew the overwhelming relief and joy he felt upon seeing her alive and with only a few minor injuries at most. How he wished he could hold her in a tight hug.
But what about her?
Her gaze was fixed solely on Henley. Not once did she shift her gaze toward him all the while.
In that instant, Mitchel felt as if his heart was pierced yet again, and a numbing coldness spread through him.
After the suffering he went through to save Raegan, standing there without getting Raegan’s attention seemed like a cruel twist of fate.
The joy that had once lit up his face at the sight of her safe and sound slowly drained away and left a hollow space in his heart.
In just a few moments, his expression turned into one of indifference.
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It was as if he had encased his heart in an impenetrable layer of ice, and the air around him turned frigid.
Just then, the sound of sirens broke the deafening silence. Police cars and ambulances had arrived. The medical personnel attended to Henley and carried him away on a stretcher.
Only when the medical personnel approached Mitchel with another stretcher did Raegan’s attention finally shift to him. Raegan noticed the severe wound on Mitchel’s legs. The injuries had worsened from lack of immediate medical attention and the strain of his exertions, evident from the persistent bleeding.
His injuries hadn’t been noticeable, partly due to the low light and his black trousers.
But under the harsh glare of the emergency lights, the severity of his injuries became apparent. The blood had soaked into the black fabric of his pants, turning them a deep, dark brown.