Chapter 17

• Jason’s POV
• Katherine’s labored breaths echoed through the room, each one twisting my gut tighter. Her fever had climbed impossibly higher, her skin glistening with sweat. She was trembling now, her body wracked with waves of heat so strong it was as if they burned through the air around her.
• “It’s getting worse,” James muttered, his face pale as he stood near the door, arms crossed in a futile attempt to steady himself.