NovelBarNeither Jace nor Steve said a word. They just stared of me.
| lifted my head slowly and asked in a daze, "You don't know?"
| tried to sit up. "Then I'll go find him."
"Rea." Steve pressedback down. His eyes were red.
| blinked. "What's wrong?"
Jace's voice soft. "Hayden's already gone."
| nodded, "I know..." | forced a weak smile. "I know he's gone... that's why | need to go be with him."
Steve's grip on my hand tightened-hard, almost painful. | looked at him. "You're hurting me."
"Rea..." His voice was rough. "You won't see him again,
| stared at him, something insidetwisting, clawing, breaking. But | shoved it back down. "I can. Just let me
go.
"Rea," Steve said again, his voice desperate.
But | couldn't stop. | pushed harder against his grip. "Letgo."
That raw, desperate need bubbled over, burning in my chest. | had to see him. If | didn't, I'd lose what little was
left of me.
"You can't see him," Jace snapped suddenly. He hesitated, then added, "He's already... been cremated."
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| stared at Jace, my mouth opening and closing, struggling to make sense of his words.
"Jace!" Steve's hand tightened on my shoulder. "Rea, you... you need to calm down."
| turned to Steve, frantic, my eyes pleading with him. "What he said isn't... isn't true, right?"
Steve's red-rimmed eyes filled with sorrow. "Rea, if you need to cry... just let it out."
But | couldn't cry. If | cried, it meant | accepted it. And | wouldn't.
My eyes widened. Without thinking, | shoved him away.
"No! You're lying! You're all lying! | don't believe you!"
| tried to get up and run, but Steve grabbedagain, his grip unrelenting. | thrashed, fought, clawed at him, but
he wouldn't let go.
The suffocating panic took over. | lashed out, punching him, but it didn't matter. He didn't budge.
In a final, desperate move, | bit him-hard.
Steve didn't even flinch. He just held me.
Eventually, | ran out of strength. My teeth loosened, my hands trembled, and | slumped against him, my
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fingers still clutching his arm. "Please don't be so cruel... Please don't do this..."
"You have to accept it. Jace said again,
How could | accept this?
Hayden, the man who was so alive just hours ago-holding me, dodging freaking balls from Bruno's men, his
breath warm on my skin, his heartbeat pounding in my ears-how could he just be gone? | turned to Steve,
desperate. "Taketo him"
| couldn't hear another word from Jace. His words were too final, too devastating, shattering the last bit of hope |
had left.
Steve glanced at Jace, and | jerked him. "Steve..."
He nodded. "Alright, I'll take you."
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With every step, my chest grew heavier.
Then | saw it. A sign. One word.
It stoppedcold.
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Yes, | did.
I had to see him. One last time.
Even if all that was left... was a handful of ashes.
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