Jasmine's POV
The darkness outside my window felt endless, matching the heaviness in my chest. I stared at the glowing laptop screen, the cursor blinking at me mockingly. The clock showed 12:46 a.m., but sleep felt impossible.
Days had passed since everything happened at the wedding. Days since Isabel's attack, since the battle that changed everything. Yet my mind remained trapped in that moment, replaying every detail until my head ached.
Jayden hadn't contacted me once since that terrible day. No phone calls, no visits, not even a simple text message. The silence between us stretched like an ocean I couldn't cross.
Yet he had saved my son. He had fought ancient magic and faced death itself for Jeffrey, for me, for our children. The debt I owed him felt crushing, but I had no idea how to repay it.
