Mason knelt on the pavement and held Zoe in his arms. She was covered in so much blood that it stained his palms as red as wine.

He called out to her in a trembling voice, but she could no longer hear him. Her eyes were closed and her body was slowly wasting away. The warmth was leaving her body as rapidly as she had lost her love for him…

A single tear fell straight into his aching heart.

…

The doctors were rushing in and out of the emergency room in Lockwood Hospital. None of them dared ca