The cold metal cuffs clinked as they closed around Axel's wrists, sending a shiver down my spine. I stand there, frozen, as the police escort him away from me, his face a mix of disbelief and despair.
"Chloe," Cassie whispers beside me, her voice shaking with worry. "I just talked to someone who said they saw Axel going upstairs with Lily right before the power went out."
My heart seizes my chest, and I felt the blood drain from my face. Could it be true? Was Axel really capable of such a thing? He convinced me that he was not the one who tried to kill me before, but what if he was?
"Are you sure?" I manage to choke out, the words barely audible.
Cassie nods solemnly. "I don't want to believe it either, but it's what they said."
The memory of Axel's warm embrace from earlier that even
