Rescued by Presley Hall

Author:Presley Hall [Hall, Presley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-17T05:00:00+00:00

18

Autumn

As we return home from the date, my lips are still tingling from Sorsir’s kiss.

Dozens of emotions swirl inside of me, so tangled that it’s hard to pull the threads of them apart to examine them. We shared more in that hour on the hill than we have in the many days that I’ve lived here, and I’m still reeling from everything I learned.

It gave me a window into who Sorsir is that makes it impossible for me to deny the truth of what I’m feeling any longer.

I didn’t want to let it happen, but it is.

I’m falling in love with him, and I’m not sure how to feel about that. Should I fight it or give in?

Lucy was right about the Kalixians being honorable. I know beyond any doubt that Sorsir is a good man, a brave one, someone who will fight anyone or anything to protect me and keep me safe. And we share more than I thought that we did—a common grief, a common longing, a shared knowledge of what it is to lose someone you love deeply and to throw yourself headlong into one purpose afterwards, to keep yourself alive… to give your life meaning.

I don’t know if it’s this Irisa concept that his people believe in, or fate, or a simple accident of two people finding each other… but whatever it is, it doesn’t change the feelings I’m developing for him.

And I’m getting tired of fighting them, especially after tonight.

I never allowed myself to dream of something like this after the kidnapping, of a night out under the stars with a kind, handsome man. I never let myself fantasize about breathless desire or love. But now that I’m faced with the possibility of it…

God, I want it.

Something inside of me is screaming at me to stop fighting so hard, to give in and let myself be happy for once.

When we reach the building where the Kalixians all rent pods, Sorsir holds the door open for me, smiling down at me as I walk inside. But when we reach his living pod, we find Chloe sitting on the couch, red-faced and tearful. Lucy is seated next to her, whispering soothingly.

“She had a bad dream.” The blonde woman glances up with an apologetic look. “I thought I’d bring her back to a place a little more familiar.”

“There were monsters, Mama,” Chloe whimpers.

“Oh, baby. I’m sorry. Come here.”

I step forward to scoop her up, and she clings to me, sniffling a little as she buries her face in my shoulder.

Guilt floods me instantly. Chloe never knew her father or any Orkun, because I ran away before I could give birth to her. But it’s been impossible to keep her completely sheltered from the life that we live. I know she’s absorbed some of my fears and worries, no matter how hard I’ve tried to shelter her from them.

As a result, she has nightmares sometimes—always some amorphous, shadowy thing coming after her. It’s a source of never-ending guilt for me, although I’ve done my best to shield her from all that I could.

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