Chapter 243

“Drake—!” “Hannah!” Familiar voices cut through the chaos. I turned to see Viona, Amber, and Emma running towards us, tears streaming down their faces, their eyes wide with panic. They enveloped me in a hug, a flurry of worried questions overlapping. “We were so worried—,” “Are you okay?” “What happened?”

I hugged them back, overwhelmed by their sudden arrival. “I—I’m okay,” I managed, my voice muffled against someone’s shoulder. “Thanks to them.”

As they pulled back, I nodded toward Drake and Noah. Noah was already being attended to by a paramedic; Drake stood nearby, gazing at the bodies scattered along the cliffside, his expression stony.

Before I could speak, a paramedic rushed over, wrapping a foil blanket around me and checking for injuries. Besides a cut and some blood on my leg from our fall, I was unharmed—physically, at least.

The next twenty minutes were a blur of examinations and questions. Noah was surrounded by police and paramedics, but I could hear him talking, so I knew he was alright. “You’ll have to spend the night in the hospital,” the EMT said, checking my eyes for what felt like the millionth time. “Just to be safe.”

I nodded, watching her leave. My gaze drifted to Drake, who remained apart from the others. Despite my friends’ protests, I rose on shaky legs and limped over to him. “Thank you,” I said, hugging him tightly. “For everything.”

He held me close, his grip strong, before pulling back slightly. “I’m glad we found you,” he murmured, his voice hoarse.

“How did you find us?” I asked.

Drake glanced at Noah, who was still receiving medical attention. “It was Noah,” he admitted. “As soon as he got your text, he knew something was wrong. He figured out where you might be and insisted we come looking for you immediately.”

I looked at Noah, surprised. Despite everything, he’d come for me without hesitation. Watching him wince as a paramedic cleaned a cut on his arm, my heart softened.

But then my eyes fell on Zoe, standing alone in a sparkling red dress near a police car. There was a strange, unsettling flicker in her eyes when our gazes met. What was she doing here, dressed like that? And why…?

Chapter 249

“Luna?” A police officer’s voice pulled me from my thoughts. “We need to ask you some questions about what happened.”

I nodded, taking one last look at Zoe; she had walked away. “Of course.”

As I recounted the night’s events, my mind kept returning to Noah. The way he’d leaped to save me, risking his own life. The fear in his eyes. The gentleness with which he’d held me as we hung from the cliff.

After giving my statement, I looked for Noah. He was being led to an ambulance, his arm in a fresh white sling.

“Hannah?” Viona touched my arm. “Are you sure you’re okay? You look a little dazed.”

I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts. “I’m fine. Just…exhausted.”

Amber hugged me again. “We were so scared when we got that text. I can’t believe Jake was behind all of this.”

“I still can’t believe it myself,” I admitted. “It all happened so fast.”

Viona, standing nearby, glanced at my belly with a questioning look. I nodded almost imperceptibly over Amber’s shoulder, a silent reassurance that the baby was okay.

“Noah really came through, didn’t he?” Emma asked.

“Yeah,” I replied, my eyes on the ambulance where Noah sat. “He did.”