89. Souvenir Zach's POVSomething hit me in the chest when I met Gianna's gaze. She seemed like a different person now. Like half dead. Gone was the woman I was talking with. Now she appeared so frail and weak that she would slip into the pit of death if she so much as tried to suck another breath. "Zach," She spoke my name in the barest of whisper, her face a mess of sweat and teetering muscles. "Bow down." I only stared at her as I heard that, all the wrong thoughts whirling in my head. When I didn't move a muscle, her cold fingers grabbed my face. I held back my breathing as she lowered my face down until our foreheads touched. I opened my mouth to counter and also scolded her to cooperate. But then, seeing her lips so close the urge to kiss her replaced all my thoughts. Before I acted on the desire, she spoke again in the same weak barely-audible tone, "Close your eyes, Zach." As I obeyed, I saw a cloud of white smoke unfurl in my mind. Then it took shape... Of people. Of Gi
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