n immediately tried to pu

"I heard Darius Nightbane is getting married. Does that mean you two a

ing his courage to say the words

Nightbane, and I didn't dare disturb you. But now... since he's getting marri

o the gut-Damon really d

'm sorry, but I can't... Even though Darius is getting married, he's

, his expression

olve the crisis with The Hawthorne Lineage. But please, from now on, stay away from m

ords, I turn

to cloud my vision, and everything around me

g?" Damon's voice calle

e temporary blindness. I tried to walk away slowly, but my

s wrapped around my waist, steadying me. "What's happeni

nst him. I had to keep my distance from Damon-if Da

n he released me, I stumbled a

panic rising in his voice. "Se

siness!" I shouted. "

, and without hesitation, carried me toward his car, ignoring my prote

t improved. I sat numbly in the hallwa

in? What would happen to the

.. would he pity me,

ckly, and Damon guided me

quite complicated..." The doctor

ant brain tumor is worsening rapidly. If you don't und

gers unconsciously br

s took my birth control pills

ndition, how cou

survive. It wasn

as soon as possible and begin treatment for t

ill. My voice was hoarse when I asked, "Does that mean I only hav

ith the treatment. If you choose to keep the baby, you'll only sur

lp but let out a bitter laugh. It was for the best. I

orphan, with no one to care for the

arrange the ab