Flesh and Bone by Melissa Sercia

Author:Melissa Sercia [Sercia, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949090024
Publisher: City Owl Press
Published: 2018-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

The ground was cool and damp underneath me. I lay on my back with my dark hair sprawled out around me. It was quiet down here. I could breathe easier in the silence. If I could just get my mind to shut off, I could truly find some peace. I tilted my head to take another swig of whiskey, praying that it would wash away the ache in my chest. I cursed and spit it out as I realized that it wouldn’t.

I rose to my feet. My limbs were stiff and heavy, like the blood in them had stopped flowing. I had lost track of how long I had been down here. I was wasting time, but I didn’t want to face him. If he was even still here.

Footsteps down the stairs shook me out of my reverie. I groaned. Valentina was coming to fetch me. I rolled my eyes and dashed over to meet her at the stairs.

I froze in my tracks. It was Aldric. He leaned against the wall, halfway down the stairs, and looked down at me with contempt.

A rush of adrenaline shot through my veins. “You’re still here.”

He folded his arms to his chest. “Are you in love with him?”

My head pounded. “I love you—”

He snapped, “That’s not what I asked.”

I swallowed hard. “A part of me will always love Dragos, but it’s not the same. Not anymore. I had a moment of weakness, but I will always choose you.”

He let out a deep sigh. “I don’t know if I can get past this, Gray.”

I nodded, lowering my eyes. “I understand. If I could take it back, I would. I thought you were lost to me. In that moment, I believed it.”

My heart was breaking, twisting and contorting like broken glass. A sharp pain pierced through my gut. I could only imagine how he must have felt.

After what seemed like an eternity of silence, he let out another sigh.

His eyes softened. “You always do what you want to do. It’s one of the things I love about you, and one of the things I hate. I’m going to need some time to deal with this.”

A little spark of hope surged in my chest. “Okay…I will wait as long as it takes.”

He gave me a slight nod and walked back up the stairs. As soon as he was out of ear shot, I collapsed to my knees. I let out the breath I had been holding and burst into tears. My body trembled as I sobbed. Aldric might forgive me someday, but he’d never forget. It wasn’t the fear of losing him that shook me, it was the fear that he might never look at me the same.

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