Marked by T.L. McDonald

Author:T.L. McDonald
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, paranormal romance, fantasy, young adult, fallen angels, paranormal urban fantasy, teen horror fantasy about fallen angels
Publisher: T.L. McDonald

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The town passes by in a blur of colors. I have no idea where Will is taking me and I don’t really care. Any place is better than where I just came from.

How could I have done what I did busting out all the mirrors and windows like that? I could have hurt someone. I could have hurt Kat.

I hug myself closer to Will closing my eyes. I just want to shut it all off. I don’t want to think about how much of a freak I’m becoming, or the fact that I could’ve killed one of my best friends. I don’t want to think about what her face must have looked like with all that glass flying around her, or about how scared she must have been. But hard as I try, I can’t stop, and it consumes me. And before I know it, I’m crying harder than I have in a long time. My chest heaves with every intake of air as my fingers fist around the fabric of Will’s shirt until I can’t hold onto him any tighter than I already am.

The bike slows, veering to the left. Coming to a stop, Will shuts the engine off. I’m still crying uncontrollably and Will has to pry my fingers open to release his shirt. He takes his helmet off then removes mine. Without a word, he scoops me off the bike and into his arms, hugging me until there are no tears left.

“Better?” His eyes search my face as he wipes away the last of my tears.

I hiccup, a little embarrassed that he had to see that. “Yeah. I’m sorry I lost it there for a while.”

“You don’t have to apologize Hanna. There’s no shame in crying.”

“Where are we?” I ask looking around for the first time. The highway behind me winds around a curve disappearing into the unknown. There are no houses anywhere in sight and the only thing in front of me is a forest of towering trees with a path leading into its depths marked by a large boulder. We’re utterly alone in the middle of nowhere.

“A place I like to go to when I need to escape the world for a while.” He takes my hand in his. “You looked like you needed a place like that after what happened back there. Come on.” Leading me down the path we enter the woods where we walk in silence and I’m grateful to him for not interrogating me about what happened at Frank’s.

Maneuvering around a section of thick trees we step out onto the edge of a cliff where the world falls over the side and the sky goes on and on as far as the eye can see. It’s breathtakingly beautiful. I keep walking until my toes have no more land to touch. I know where we are now. At least a hundred feet below me are the still waters of Lake Haven, the lake from which our little town was named after.

Will takes a seat dangling his legs over the edge and I follow suit doing the same.

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