Make Em' Pay
Author: BUNNYHENN
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-01 23:49:27

Leonidas paced anxiously in front of the emergency room, barely holding himself together as he waited for news on Claire. After her fall from the seventh floor, her faint heartbeat had been nothing short of a miracle; still, he and the onlookers had scrambled to call an ambulance in a desperate rush to save her life. Her injuries were severe—hope felt fragile.

"Claire, please... survive," he murmured, voice thick with unshed tears, his fingers clasped tightly together as he prayed for another miracle, just as he once had for Alex.

"Leonidas!" Blake’s urgent voice broke through his daze. He hurried over, pale with worry. "What happened? Did I hear wrong?"

Leonidas clenched his fists, struggling to hold himself steady. "Blake, they did this... to Claire," he whispered, the pain in his voice clear.

Blake guided him to sit, a steady presence amidst the storm. "They? Who?"

"Derek," Leonidas replied, voice edged with fury. "Derek and his friends... they wanted her dead."

Blake’s face went r
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