Betrayer: (The Cursed Bloodstone Book 1) by LiAnne Kay

Author:LiAnne Kay [Kay, LiAnne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-30T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

I burst through the front door of my cottage, expecting to be alone, expecting to curl up in a dark corner and not think about what I just witnessed. Instead, I hurry through the opening and straight into Gabriel. As I lurch into his body, he brings his hands up, steadying me.

“Has something happened?” he asks, real fear in his voice. Fear for me.

The crowd roars in my ears. “Stone her. Stone her.”

They are Bloodstone.

This man is Bloodstone.

I stiffen and shove with all my strength, surprising Gabriel. He frees me, and I stumble away, searching for my escape, my freedom, my reprieve from that woman’s vacant eyes.

Olah, have mercy!

They continued stoning her even after she was dead. Continued yelling at her. Hating her.

I flee to our room and lie face first on the bed. Those leers keep coming. Those cheers. Those stones keep pounding the hot street.

“Are you all right?” Gabriel breaks through my fog as he sits on the bed, but he doesn’t touch me. Maybe he knows it’s better not to.

I bury my face against the bedcovers and clench them around my trembling fingers. Everything in me screeches, I want out. I need out.

I cannot speak. Mother would be disappointed. I would be disappointed.

“Please, I need to be alone,” the words choke out of me. I couldn’t have held them back if I wished it.

The bed creaks as he stands. “I’ll be in the other room.” His footfalls echo against the stone floor and fade.

Maybe he meant his words as an invitation to go to him if I want. Maybe I would care if I weren’t mourning the death of a stranger.

Anyone could be next with a crowd like that.

I could be next.

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