Bride of Glass by Candace Robinson

Author:Candace Robinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Enemies to lovers, horror monster romance, second chance fantasy romance, coming of age dark fantasy, dark fairy tale retellings hea
Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing
Published: 2022-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Perrie

After their encounter with the mermaid, Perrie was even more exhausted. Every single part of her body and mind was.

She, Neven, and Maisie stumbled upon a, hopefully safe, place to sleep, far away from the fresh burial plots. There hadn’t been any other sign of life along the way, only more and more glass statues. Would this ever fucking end?

They each took a shower, and Perrie curled up in bed beside Maisie in the abandoned room. Worry poured through her thoughts, almost all of it about Vale. Throughout the day, she’d wondered where he was, how damn close he could be. Maisie and Neven weren’t overly concerned—they were too confident he wouldn’t find them. Perrie knew better, though. Her gut told her he would find her, and that it would be before they were prepared to fight him. Yet, she didn’t think they could prepare for him at all. Tomorrow they were going to continue toward the Glass Vault. It would be days before they got there, but they would attempt to destroy the museum as soon as they reached it. Maybe Vale wouldn’t expect them to return to that hell.

She felt so ... lost.

There were moments between Vale and the Bride that she wouldn’t think about, that she couldn’t think about. Perrie would rather hold on to the time in the tower when he’d snatched her by her hair and dragged her down the hall. That drive was what would help them win.

Maisie rested beside Perrie, fast asleep, her chest rising and falling. Most likely dreaming about sunshine and rainbows. Her cousin almost wouldn’t sleep in the bed, until they’d found a spare set of sheets in the linen closet. Maisie was so lucky. Perrie wished she could borrow her damn optimism, even just for a little while. After all her cousin had been through, she was still just as strong as she was before the Glass Vault.

Much more than Perrie was. But she was going to force herself to push forward, like she’d done when she was inside the Glass Vault’s displays.

As Perrie listened to Maisie’s soft snoring, relief filled her again that she’d found her cousin. If she hadn’t, Perrie didn’t know where her dark thoughts would’ve taken her if she’d still been alone and on the run from Vale. She honestly didn’t know if she could’ve survived. Even if they defeat him, Perrie wasn’t sure if she would ever truly be free of him.

He was the reason she wasn’t asleep, snoring softly like Maisie. When Perrie closed her eyes, she was back there in his bed, or on the metal table, bleeding out. She could see his green eyes, dancing in the shadows, following her wherever she went. Eyes she longed to gaze into, and eyes she wanted to run from. She saw his image in the faces of the people she’d let down—her dad, Aunt Krista, Uncle Jaron, and Neven.

Maisie.

Herself.

Gritting her teeth, Perrie pushed the covers away and padded quietly across the room. Maisie fidgeted, readjusted, then went back to snoring.

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