Fifth a Fury (GODDESS ISLES Book 5) by Pepper Winters

Author:Pepper Winters [Winters, Pepper]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: pepper winters, romantic suspense, series, best love story, coming of age, dark romance, new adult, contemporary romance
Publisher: Pepper Winters
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

FOR FIVE DAYS, I cycled through all stages of grief.

Hourly, minutely, I ran the gauntlet of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

It was exhausting.

It was cathartic.

It was a never-ending crushing wheel.

Denial would come as I sat cross-legged on Sully’s bed, guarding over his still and silent form, refusing to accept his unconsciousness. I’d roll my eyes. This can’t be true. I’d fist my hands with rage. How dare you leave me! I’d sit and bargain with an imaginary devil and promise everything I had and everything that I didn’t. Please, please just let him open his eyes.

I’d sit and stare at the man I loved, never taking my gaze off his handsome face, willing him to gasp with alertness and smile with possession, only to suffer incurable stress and rage.

Depression began when the stars rose and the moon twinkled.

I’d trip from the villa and run.

Pika would flit beside me, and Skittles would hold on for dear life, and I’d push myself until I fell to my knees in the sand.

And there, surrounded by manicured jungle and cicada song, I’d scream.

I’d scream until every ounce of sorrow stopped infecting me. I’d cry until that eerie calm fell over me and I had the strength to return to his villa with acceptance of this tragedy and fall asleep beside him.

For five days, it’d been a repeat of the one before.

Louise allowed me to lose myself in emotions, and Dr Campbell kept his distance. Pika guarded Sully when I couldn’t, and Skittles guarded me when I needed her sweet presence.

But by day six, I’d had enough.

I couldn’t keep killing myself this way.

Keep living this way.

I needed to do something. Anything. And saving Sully from police search warrants and saving girls from ownership was a worthy pastime.

Sully didn’t need me anymore.

He didn’t even know I was there.

I was superfluous.

I was free.

Free to destroy his dynasty one goddess at a time.

* * * * *

I left Sully’s villa early and padded barefoot to my old home on the beach.

I entered the space where Sully had fucked me in the shower and over the sink, violence still hovering in the air from his lies at sending me away.

I embraced that violence and passion as I placed Skittles in the cotton balls on the vanity, and Pika chose a perch on the tap.

As I turned on the shower, it felt like Sully was still here, and I kept my eyes closed as water sluiced over me, remembering his aggressive touch, his possessive kiss, the hunger in his every stare.

I missed him.

I lusted for him.

But most of all...I wanted him back.

Even if his memory was wiped clean and he no longer loved me. Even if he sent me away all over again—I could exist in a world where Sully survived even if we weren’t together.

I finished my shower—the first in a while—and dressed in clothing made for a woman instead of shirts crafted for a man. I brushed my hair from lugs and knots that’d steadily been

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