Snowflakes swirled all around, and the wind howled.

Jace found himself stranded, forced to walk alone through the vast, snowy expanse.

His thoughts drifted to Bella, trapped in danger, her fate uncertain. Then to Justin, bleeding heavily with a bullet in his shoulder yet resolute in his pursuit to find her.

Jace's calloused hand trembled as he pressed it against his chest, his heart pounding for reasons he could not quite explain.

"Ugh-!"

Without warning, a scaring pain throbbed in his head. As darkness clouded his vision, his legs buckled, and he tumbled into the snow.

The pain was agonizing, piercing deep into his mind and chest. His eyes bulged as if they would pop out of his head. He struggled to breathe, his shaking hand reaching for the chain around his neck where he had hidden the medication that the Boss had given him.

These pills were supposed to bring him peace, ease his suffering, and save his life. But his fingers fumbled, and the pill tumbled into the snow, vanishing in an instant.

A buzzing noise filled his head as his trembling hands desperately scoured the snow, consumed by a panic unlike any he had felt before.

The agonizing pain only grew worse.

In a desperate move, Jace tore off his shirt and buried his scarred body into the freezing snow, seeking relief from the biting cold.

his surprise, it

felt a bit uneasy and his head throbbed faintly, the worst of the pain had

he got dressed, Jace turned

Clarice's name on the screen, he

it ring for a while before he finally answered, pressing

called for backup. What happened? Are you hurt?" Clarice spoke in a flat, cold tone like she was just going

voice, "The car is gone.

gone? What happened to it?" Clarice questioned, her

"Justin took it."

didn't

he lied for the first time in his

kill him. I crashed his car and fought with him,

moment, seemingly accepting Jace's explanation. After all, Justin was once the top recruit of his military academy, a man of exceptional abilities. It made sense that Jace might

up. But this failure will have severe consequences. Think carefully on your way back about how you will explain this

that, she hung

up at the night sky, taking a deep breath of the

raised his hand and shot himself in the

quickly turned

forehead, yet his expression was calm, even determined, with a slight smirk at the corners

my

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