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CHAPTER 446
~Zara's POV~
I didn't wait. I threw the car door open and ran inside.
The hallway was grand—white marble, gold fixtures, huge paintings—but none of that mattered. I sprinted up the stairs two at a time.
"Siona!" I yelled.
"Up here!" she called from one of the rooms to the right. My feet barely touched the floor as I ran.
And there—on the large velvet bed—Snow lay, still as ice, his face pale, lips tinged blue, the signs of his soul slipping too far.
"No no no…" I stumbled forward, tears clouding my eyes. "Snow, please…"
Siona stood nearby, her eyes red but calm, a cloth in her hand. "He's stable, barely. But the link… It's fading. Did you… Could you get it?"
"I have it," I whispered. My hand trembling, I dug into my pocket and brought out the scale. Siona gasped. "That's—"
"Yes." I held the golden scale over Snow's chest, and in my other hand, the gem. "Tell me what to do."
