EMBER’S POV

Something moved across his face.

“Ember.”

“She’s got days, Knox. I’m sure you know this already. Days! And I have a thing inside me that pulled my father back from the dead. I’m not going to sit on it and let her die in a clean little hospital room while I learn how to set a dinner table. I won’t.”

“You nearly didn’t come back from it.” His voice drops flat, going the way it had on the runway. “Maurice. Sapphire took you completely — you were gone, Ember. Your eyes, your face, everything. The house was coming apart around us and I couldn’t reach you and I...