While still embracing Adams' body, I turn my head to watch Derek's response. But before I could, he hid my face in his chest, but it's too late because I already watched Derek wave away from us as his minions followed him. My hands didn't stop trembling, but when they curled around Adams, they calmed down on their own. I gazed up at him after everyone had vanished.

And it was as if my soul had been taken from my body; my entire body was as cold as a corpse, and my eyes practically sprang out in horror when he let go of my hug and turned his back on...