Death Has Fallen: Chapter I by J. M. Hernandez

Author:J. M. Hernandez [Hernandez, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Igive Mara a week. A full week without me after that since I she’s made it clear she doesn’t want to see me. She didn’t give me a time frame, but twenty-four hours didn’t feel like enough. A week sounds right.

In that time, I feed, try to forget the way she looked at me, as if I’m some monster, as if she regrets ever being kind to me. Worse was that condemned look in her eyes as if she’s as corrupt as some people who spend their life behind bars.

Still, I didn’t want her to think I’m entirely gone. I was sure covering the mirror in her room wasn’t enough. Mara’s a spitfire now and respecting that means removing myself from her sight, not her life.

I check on her every night. I see her get a job at a new bar, not really the plan. I’d hoped she’d focus more on herself. I’d hoped that she’d do something she wanted to do, but even if I don’t agree with her choices, I protect her like an unleashed guard dog.

When Tessa approaches me and gives me a knowing look, I flick her off. “Don’t comment or I’ll steal your tongue.”

She simply shifts to a cat and flicks her tail at me.

It’s an unwelcome reminder that Mara clings to Tessa and pushes me away. Unless she’s horny and upset. Then again, I’d told her we’d never do that again and now I’m wishing I’d stayed in her bed longer. I still remember her moans, her desperate attempts to touch me, how right she’d felt in my arms, around me, moaning, panting, screaming for me.

One night to remember her by. That’s all I think of when I stand in her room and watch her sleep. I exhale smoke, wishing I was with her on her bed, feeling her steady, sure heartbeat echo in my head.

She stirs as I finish my cigarette. Rather than thrashing, she just flops over, then tightens her hold on her pillow. Her breathing isn’t the same and her whole body is tense. She knows I’m here.

He’s watching me. No. I don’t have to talk to him, I don’t. It hasn’t been long enough, and he’s not supposed to be here ... he’s probably been here every single night even when I can’t see him. Stupid me, asking for space and just getting eyes on me instead.

I smirk slightly and tug on the part of my soul that’s lodged in her. We’re connected, forever. There’s no denying it, even if she’s not fully aware of it. She calms as I think of standing in a meadow, where the world was quiet, on the cusp of spring.

She lets out a soft sigh and I approach. She hums. “Whatever you did isn’t fair.”

I don’t respond.

“You’re not fair though, are you?”

“Not with you,” I murmur.

“Did you kill them all? Wait for the innocent people to leave? I haven’t watched the news – couldn’t watch the news – and ... and I haven’t seen my old regulars either,” she says, her voice sticky and muffled.

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