Chapter 114

GIDEON

Time didn’t crawl anymore.

It snapped. Lashed. Tore.

Every tick of the clock was a threat. Every breath I took without her felt like an insult. Like I was cheating time. Betraying her with my survival.

I didn’t go back to being docile. Hell no.

I barked orders like a general in a losing war. Snapped at Declan, Paige, even my mother. Celine got it the worst, though she never flinched. N