Broken Bonds by Jade Alters

Author:Jade Alters [Alters, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Untamed Love Romance

Samantha

A few days pass before I venture back out of my room. The morning after my rescue from a frozen death in the middle of the snow, I woke up and everything that I’d learned about Dr. Pyrrhos…or, rather, Aleixo crashed over me like a tidal wave. I freaked out all over again, except this time, I didn’t have the numbness of the cold and shock to tamp down my emotions. It really hit me that Aleixo is a phoenix. A phoenix!

I’ve spent so much time studying phoenix mythology, convinced that there had to be some truth to it. Now, I have undeniable proof that the thing I’ve been hoping is real for so long actually exists…and I have no idea how to respond to my new reality. How am I supposed to act around Aleixo now? I’m at a total loss, especially when I think about everything he must have experienced throughout his long life already.

It makes me feel rather insignificant in comparison.

So, like a coward, I stayed hidden in my room while I worked through everything I was feeling and thinking. It’s a lot, admittedly, and I really struggled to consider everything calmly and rationally at first.

That first day of my self-inflicted confinement, Aleixo came to my door to ask how I was doing. I told him I just needed some time by myself, and I apologized, though I didn’t mention how nervous he made me now. I’m sure he could hear it in my tone, however, because he left pretty much immediately after that with hardly another word. Then to my complete surprise, a few hours later there was a soft knock on my door and when I peeked out to see what he was up to. Aleixo was nowhere to be seen, but there was a tray on the floor with food.

A grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.

If I hadn’t been so overwhelmed by everything, I would have tracked him down right then and there and thanked him. I wasn’t ready to talk to him yet, though, so I took the tray inside my room and ate the food. It was warm and tasty, and went a long way to soothe the worst of my ravaged nerves. I placed the tray back out in the hall afterwards, and it wasn’t lost on me that we’d suddenly switched roles. I was the one hiding away and avoiding contact, and he was the one attempting to coax me back out.

It was just so hard. I’m not sure I can really describe how I was feeling during those few days. Confused and anxious for sure, but I was also coming to terms with the fact that the world was not the place I’d always assumed it was. Creatures of myth were real and walking among us. I wondered how many more there were like Aleixo just meandering out in society, hiding their true selves and forms so that us hapless humans remained none-the-wiser.

These are the kinds of thoughts that raced through my head hour after hour as I stay locked away from Aleixo.

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