Holiday Hearts Awakening by Fiola Faelan

Author:Fiola Faelan [Cross, Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal romance novel with magic
Publisher: Quicksilver Garou LLC
Published: 2021-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

NAT STIFFENED AS she came awake suddenly, aware someone was in the room with her. She jerked in alarm, stars swirling in front of her eyes when pain exploded in her head. The chocolate-brown eyes staring at her from a little elfin face, and the unrelenting pain in her head confused her.

Where was she?

She closed her eyes wearily, her head sinking back into the soft pillow as yesterday’s events bombarded her mind. Escape from her burning home and earning a concussion, re-injuring her leg, and smoke inhalation to boot. And that she’d caved and was in Zach’s house. She must have zonked out right after he’d took her into his muscular arms when they got back from the hospital.

It doubly confused her when Belle whispered, “I’m sorry.” What the heck was that about? She rolled to her side and pushed up to sit against the headboard, peering down at the little girl, the pain meds and exhaustion making her loopy. What am I going to do when being anywhere near a child just about breaks my heart?

Make the best of it was pretty much her only choice. Her leg was sore, her forehead throbbed, and her bladder was about to burst. As much as she hated to admit it, she needed help to get to the bathroom.

At the sound of Zach striding down the hallway, she sighed, absurdly tempted to pull a pillow over her head. Deciding to be an adult about this, she left the pillow where it was and watched warily as he rounded the doorway and stopped, one hand on a lean hip, a bundle of clothing clutched in the other.

A part of her, that part that had been growing closer to him over the past few weeks, the part that admired him and loved—nope, liked pretty much everything about him—wanted nothing more than to be close to him. To give in and let him care for her while she recuperated.

It had been years—since she was young and living with her grandma—that anyone had taken care of her and made her feel she was worth something. That she was important. Zach made her feel that way, and along with these new feelings, her heart felt resurrected—like the dead parts were healing, the damage reversing—and she reveled in the new feelings practically bursting to get out.

It terrified her to embrace these new feelings, though. Giving in could hurt all three of them. Zach and Belle could get attached, and then realize her heart was damaged beyond repair. Not worth the effort. Unable to love anyone ever again.

If she opened her heart to Zach, and also opened it to Belle, then ran like a scared rabbit, little Belle and her daddy would be sad. She would have brought disharmony into their close-knit, amazing little family. No way did she want to do that.

Nope, it would be better, smarter, if she just recuperated, kept them both at arm’s length, then burrowed into her grandma’s house again—if it wasn’t a pile of ash inside.

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