I thought Mom and Dad had predicted this. Simon would give in to Laila’s confession for him and break our mate bond.
After all, he’d broken our mind–link when he started getting closer to Laila a year ago. I supposed that he must’ve wanted to break our bond.
Little did I expect him to turn down Laila’s confession.
“Stop bringing this up! My mate will only be Zora. I’ll go check on her and see if she’s awake.”
He entered my ward, but I was nowhere to be seen. He immediately stopped Healer Petra and asked, “Where’s Zora? She’s just donated a kidney. Why isn’t she in her ward?”
Stunned, Healer Petra replied, “Was it the one who donated her kidney earlier? She died during surgery.“
Simon froze. He couldn’t believe his ears. “What did you say?”
Healer Petra repeated herself. After pondering for a while, she added, “Originally, I wanted to inform you guys after the surgery, but you didn’t seem to care about her at all. You all left with another patient.”
Simon staggered backward, struggling to regain his balance.
“No way! This can’t be real,” he sputtered.
He turned and headed for the operating room, but there was no one inside. He searched high and low, then finally found me in the morgue.
His hands trembled. It took him several tries to lift the white cloth off my body.
Staring at my pale, lifeless corpse, he seemed as if he’d been struck by lightning. His knees gave in, and then he collapsed to the floor.
He tried to haul himself back up on his feet, but he couldn’t.
“Zora, you must be joking, right?” he cried, bursting into tears. “Get up now! This isn’t funny at all. It’s just a minor surgery. How could you
