Rouen Chronicles Box Set by Raven Steele & Ava Mason

Author:Raven Steele & Ava Mason [Steele, Raven & Mason, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

My eyelids fluttered open and slowly focused. Warm light spilled through my windows. The curtains had been pulled back to let in as much light as possible. I was in my own bed but for some reason, I wasn’t supposed to be. I touched my head trying to remember what had happened.

I was at Heartbeat. Why was I there? And how did I end up in my bed?

The image of Ryder swinging from the oak tree burned in my mind and the agony seared my heart.

Ryder was gone.

I curled up in bed into a tight ball.

Pain squeezed my chest, making it hard to breathe. I pulled my covers over me, surrounding myself in their darkness, leaving a hole just wide enough for me to breathe.

Luke’s voice and Lynx’s sobs drifted up from downstairs.

Oh Lynx. I’m so sorry. I dug my fingernails into my palms. Ryder had warned me, and I hadn’t listened. I’d screwed up everything.

I clutched at the sheets. There was nothing I could do now. No fucking cookies, no repentance for what I’d done. It was all my fault and I had no way to make it up to her. My pillow absorbed my tears, sliding silently down my face, and I sucked in a breath, swallowing the bile right at the base of my throat.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

I couldn’t breathe.

I threw off my covers, sucking in a breath, trying to control my anxiety. I’d had panic attacks when I was a kid, and my foster parents had some quack doctor prescribe me Klonopin so I wouldn’t be so troublesome. I slid off my bed and fumbled under it. I had the briefcase open and the vial of liquid down my throat just as my vision began to fade. Slowly, life returned to me and my lungs filled with much needed oxygen.

I couldn’t see a shrink right now. Scorpion's Breath would have to be my therapist. I began to talk to it now as my mind floated back to that place where pain wasn’t allowed. I hovered there, basking in its warmth, its peace.

The lights flipped on and I blinked, holding my hands over my eyes.

“What the hell is this?” Luke dropped to the floor. My head lobbed to the side to see what he was looking at. The briefcase was still open, exposing my secret. He held an empty vial and pushed it in front of my face. “Where did you get this?”

I stared at it and then at my hand, realizing it was empty. I hadn’t felt him grab it. Weird.

“Briar. Where did you get this?”

I glanced behind him to make sure Lynx wasn’t here, too. I wouldn’t want her to know what I’d done. Concentrate, Briar. I’d been able to function on this before. I could do it again. Just focus on what’s in front of me and keep my mind blank. I pulled myself into a seated position and leaned against my bed. I gave him my best smile. “It’s nothing. Just left over.”

“From when we met with the Nocturnas?”

I nodded.

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