I fell into nothingness.
I remember screaming as the freezing wind swallowed every sound, reaching for anything that wasn’t there. High above, Michael looked down with an expression I will never forget—a calm smile that still haunts me.
“Don’t worry,” he called casually. “Neither you nor the baby will suffer long.”
Then everything turned white.
I hit a narrow ledge halfway down the cliff. Pain exploded through my body—broken ribs, a twisted wrist, blood spreading into the snow beneath me.