Hunted (Vampire Wars Book 5) by Violett Skye

Author:Violett Skye [Skye, Violett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-10-22T18:00:00+00:00

5 Dillan

Dillan wasn’t sure why he stayed to listen to Ella talk to Jeremy. Maybe he just needed to hear her happy with Jeremy. Isabella waited with Dillan in the shadows as he watched Ella cradle Jeremy’s head in her lap. This was the right thing, to let her go.

This is the right thing, he told himself over and over. He would stay just long enough to see that Jeremy was all right, and then he would stay away from Ella.

But she didn’t say what he expected to hear when Jeremy woke.

Dillan’s heart hammered in his chest, hearing Ella say goodbye to Jeremy. He could hardly believe his ears. Had she chosen him? Would she stay then? And then, he heard the retching sobs that broke from her chest, and his heart broke for her.

His heart had known more sadness than he could recall, and it continued to shatter in more pieces as he watched this girl he’d fallen in love with lose everything. And he was the one who had taken it.

He took her life.

He’d set her free, but instead of taking the out, she’d chosen to say goodbye to Jeremy, and with him, her human life.

Why? Why is she doing this? The answer struck him with devastating force.

She’d promised him she would stay with him. And she was honoring her word. She wasn’t choosing Dillan over Jeremy, or her immortal life over her human existence. Instead, she was just keeping a promise made with the intent of saving the one she truly loved.

He heard her gut-wrenching goodbye, and then he and Isabella returned to his house. He couldn’t stand to hear her cries, her agony, knowing all the while that he was the cause of it. She didn’t love him. She only felt obligated to him.

Isabella put a hand on his shoulder. “I’m sorry, Dillan.”

He squeezed her hand and spoke, his voice gentle. “Thanks. I do get myself in binds, don’t I?”

He tried to smile but grimaced instead.

She tactfully didn’t see his pain and left him with some space to grieve.

“I’ll be upstairs. I’ll need to do some research to figure out how to track down Robert’s spirit. And the demon that is occupying his body. Once we’ve found both, I need to be ready to perform the rituals that will cast out the demon and let Robert’s spirit re-enter his body.”

He nodded and watched her climb the steps. This house had been standing for hundreds of years and it was definitely not Isabella’s first time here. Ella would be here soon and his breath came in ragged gasps as he considered what he had to do next.

As soon as Ella arrived to fulfill her life sentence, he would set her free. He’d make her go away. He just could not hold her where she didn’t want to be.

When she walked in the front door, Dillan was there waiting for her.

An ocean of grief stretched between the two of them as they held each other’s gaze. Tears ran down her cheeks as she let out retching sobs.

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