Chapter 3

I looked down at him, my eyes rimmed red, breath coming in hot and ragged.

"I'm burning up Ethan, help me," I pleaded, my voice raw and desperate.

Ethan swallowed hard, his hand pressed against my chest, his voice barely holding it together.

"Alex, look at me. Do you know who I am?" he said.

"I know," I whispered, a shaky smile breaking through.

I traced my fingers along his cheek, my touch feather-light.

"You're Ethan," I breathed, my voice trembling with everything I couldn't say.

The one I'd hidden away in my heart for half my life, the secret…