Ruin: The El Diablo Chronicles by Autumn Sand

Author:Autumn Sand [Sand, Autumn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Drop One Publications
Published: 2019-06-30T18:30:00+00:00

My arms protectively wrap around Tallie, holding her close to me in the shower. The water pelts my back and pierces my soul with her tears. Her head leans on my chest like a child and I hold her tighter, my silent promise of protection from her demons. Together, we stand like this. Slowly, she has come back to me in the present, away from the terror of her past. Words are not needed between us, because words are weak and we are strong.

She gave me her pain the size of eternity, which I swallowed whole and became a complete man. I gave her my strength and she digested it with her tears on her path of healing.

The two broken threads that we are slowly mending itself into the patchwork of living life. For the first time since my mother’s death, I allowed myself to feel and a flood of unhealed pain drowned me. I hold on to her for support as well as giving my own.

“El?” Her voice is so small, nothing like the woman whose shoulders carried this burden for too long.

“Yes?” My hands absentmindedly stroke her back.

“Thank you.” She leans her head back to look into my eyes, into my soul.

I bend down and kiss the bridge of her nose. She leans into this moment of affection and exhales, wrapping her arms tighter around me.

“Let’s get out of this shower,” I suggest, reaching behind me to turn the spray of water off.

Surrounded by just the sound of our own breaths, she reaches for my hand. “If you want to finish what we started before, I—”

Instinctively, my finger touches her lips and I shake my head. “Tonight is not about that. I just want to hold you.”

“Bu—”

“Nah, Tals. Tonight is your night.”

She smiles and nods. For a moment, I get a glimpse of the little girl she used to be before her innocence was stolen from her.

“El?” Concern is written on her face as I was lost in the thoughts of what could’ve been for her had she not been violated.

I look at her, blinking away surprise at hearing my name. “Yeah, all good, baby. Let me dry you off.”

I reach for the plush towel and wrap her in it, kissing the top of her head before I start drying her off. For each spot I dry, I kiss away the pain she pointed to only hours ago. She chokes back sobs. When I’ve finished drying off and kissing every part of her body, I carry her to my bed and place her in it, wrapping us both in the cocoon of my silk quilt. She lays her head on my bare chest and listens to my heartbeat. Eventually, her every breath matches the beat of my heart. We stay like this until she drifts off to sleep.

I become lost in my thoughts and make a silent promise to kill her stepfather and mother. I’ll kill anyone who has brought her harm. I’ll lay their half-dead bodies at her feet and we can make love to the sound of their tears.

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