Chapter 39

Chapter Thirty-nine

Kendall’s POV

I lay on my bed, the weight of the recent events bearing down on me like a heavy burden. The air in my room felt stifling, suffocating, as if the walls were closing in around me.

And then, without warning, a searing pain ripped through my body, causing me to cry out in agony. I curled into a ball, clutching at my stomach as the pain intensified.

It was unlike anything I had ever experienced before, not like that night when Caden had found me, this was a relentless agony that seemed to implode me from within.

Every nerve in my body screamed in protest, and I could feel the heat radiating off my skin, turning my flesh into a blazing inferno.

I curled up on the bed even more, the pain coursing through my body intensifying with each moment. It felt like I was being consumed by fire, my skin burning with a fever that refused to break.

As I writhed in pain, my mind drifted to Declan, the only one who I felt strongly could ease my suffering. A part of me lon