Destroy: A Why Choose Shifter Romance (Misfit of Thornbriar Academy Book 2) by Cali Mann

Author:Cali Mann [Mann, Cali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thornfire Publishing Co.
Published: 2020-08-26T18:30:00+00:00

15

Sasha

I couldn’t believe I’d blurted out all my problems to Drew and Lucan. Rolling over, I gazed at the long line of empty beds. I was just tired. So tired. I’d been fighting alone for so long—to keep my brother alive. In a way, I’d been fighting this same fight since I put the first bottle in his mouth.

It was a relief to have it all out there. Not to everyone, but to the two guys that fate had marked as mine. It hadn’t been fair that I’d kept them in the dark. Even though our mate marks were new, they would be hurt by my death. They at least deserved an explanation.

I rolled over again. I couldn’t sit in this bed anymore. Shakily, I pushed up to a sitting position and then let my feet fall over the side. My head spun, and I bit my lip, but I was up. I unhooked the saline bag at my bedside. I’d seen the nurse do it often enough. Taking a breath, I dropped my bare feet to the floor. The cold stone chilled them.

My whole body hurt. But I could catch my breath and I didn’t feel like I was going to immediately fall if I stood up. So I rose on shaky legs and stumbled a few feet forward. I took a breath and, carefully putting one foot in front of the other, made it to the end of the bed. There I stopped, breathing heavily.

Nearly dying sucked almost as much as actually dying, apparently. I chuckled at my own humor. The full moon shone in through the windows, bathing the room in brightness. Since there weren’t any other shifters in here, the staff had forgotten to draw the drapes closed. I made it to the window and pressed my heated head against the glass.

Moonlight dripped across the garden outside. A small sound startled me, but I didn’t have the energy to jump. I slid down into a squat, peering at the floor, and the sound came again. I nudged the bed next to me aside to reveal a frightened cat pressed up against the stone wall.

“How’d you get in here?” I asked, pulling a blanket off the nearest bed. I was going to have to sit down, and I didn’t want to on the cold floor. Once I settled cross-legged, I wrapped the edges of the cover around my bare knees. The infirmary gown was short and open at the back.

The cat was almost all black with short matted fur and so skinny that his bones pressed against his skin. One of his paws was white.

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you to eat,” I said. “They clear the dishes up pretty quick around here.”

He meowed, stepping closer to me.

I held out a hand for him to sniff. “I’m all alone here, too.”

The cat padded up to my knee instead and clawed at the blanket. He climbed on top of my lap, kneading the blanket as he searched for a comfortable spot.

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