Lucas's POVI woke up to the sound of monitors beeping, and a sharp pain shot across my abdomen. Stirring slightly, I tried to lift my hands…“Oh my God… he’s awake.”I heard a voice—familiar, yet it took me a moment to register. Slowly, I placed it. It was Isabella.I wanted to speak, but I couldn’t. My mouth felt heavy, like it was weighed down. I groaned slightly, still trying to process what was happening.Then it all came rushing back—the fake DNA result, Elena, the gunshot. She had been in danger. If I hadn’t stepped in to take the bullet, she would have been hit. That explained the monitors, the pain, everything. I was in a hospital. I had survived the gunshot. Thank goodness!.I tried to speak again, but my mouth was still too heavy. I struggled to open my eyes against the bright lights in the room, only to shut them immediately.“Lucas… we took the next flight as soon as we heard what happened,” my mother’s voice followed, thick with emotion. “Oh, my dear son, who would do thi
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