Chapter 253

Gavin

Pain tore through my ribs the instant I forced myself upright. The impact with the wall still vibrated through my body, a dull shock pulsing through bone and muscle as if the force of it hadn’t fully settled yet. For a moment the room tipped sideways in my vision, the expensive furniture and glass walls blurring together with the glittering city lights beyond them.

I clenched my teeth and st