Can’t Win Me Back

The snow was falling heavily, and the chilling winds howled through the night.

Remy had no car, so he trudged through the snow alone, each step more exhausting than the last.

His thoughts were consumed with Alyssa—was she still alive? In danger? And Jasper's unrelenting resolve to reach her, even after being shot and drenched in blood.

Remy pressed his calloused, trembling hand to his chest.

His heart hammered in his ribcage erratically.

A sharp, searing pain shot through his temples, blurring his vision.

He collapsed to his knees in the snow, his body racked with agony.

The pain surged deep within him, and his eyes felt like they were going to burst from their sockets.

It was unbearable.

His breath came in ragged gasps.

His hands scrambled for the necklace hanging from his neck—inside it was a hidden medicine box.

Justin had told him that the medication in there could calm him down and relieve him of any pain.

It would be able to save his life.

But in his desperate haste, the pill slipped from his fingers and fell into the snow.

Remy's head buzzed.

Trembling, he searched frantically in the snow for it.

He had never felt such panic.

His headache was intensifying.

In order to relieve the agonizing pain, he removed his shirt and buried his scarred body in the snow, allowing the bone- piercing iciness to relieve him of his pain.

To his surprise, this method he tried randomly was effective! Slowly, he opened his bloodshot eyes.

tight and his head throbbed, the

face was as

just put his shirt back on when his

a look of annoyance came

He hesitated for amoment.

left his phone to ring for a while before

his phone by his

heard that you

Did something happen to you?" Sheryl's voice was emotionless as if she was just checking with him as part of a standard

flashed across Remy's

steady voice, he answered, "Yeah, I lost my

it?" "Jasper stole it from me." Sheryl exclaimed in disbelief, "What? You didn't stop him? Did you

he uttered a lie, which was

did not ask me to

to ruins and

gun from me and shot me." Sheryl

seemed to have believed

all, Jasper was once the best soldier in

was outstanding

was only reasonable that Remy wasn't a match for

have left to go

your

you're on your way back, think about how you'll explain yourself to Mr. Justin!" Upon saying that,

into the night, his breath misting in the

his hand slowly and fired

stained with drops

of the pain, Remy's forehead became covered in

of the agony showed

curled his lips upward

his badly wounded body, Jasper tagged along with Elias and the rescue team

really don't

sweat as if he had

can leave it to us to search for

Alyssa.

Lynch has informed her family