Shattered Chaos (Steel Roses Book 1) by Samantha Bee

Author:Samantha Bee [Bee, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I wake up to the little body next to me thrashing around the bed as she struggles against the sheets and makes a strange mewling sound. It sounds like she wants to scream but it's getting stuck in her throat.

I wonder if there is something wrong with her vocal cords and that’s why we haven’t been able to get her to talk to us.

I carefully gather the little girl up in my arms, mindful of her wounds, I hush and murmur sweet nothings to her the same way I did earlier. She doesn’t relax or respond in any way but keeps throwing her arms out and making those heart wrenching noises.

I can’t help the tears that start to stream down my face. I can’t believe how emotional I’ve been today, but the girl pulls on my heartstrings like no one has managed to do since my sisters.

She reminds me so much of them and I don’t know if that’s why I felt such an instant connection with her or if my broken soul reached out to her bruised and battered one. All I know is that our souls touched and she’s pure light in this world of darkness and I don’t want it to be too late to save her.

I gather her close to my chest as I rock her back and forth, some deep instinctual part of me calls to me to start singing. I start out by humming and I notice her relaxing just a hair. I hum as I get the melody and start singing the song that had popped in my head.

The lyrics to Ruth B’s Lost Boy pour out of my mouth as I rock her back and forth against my chest. It’s a sweet song about Peter Pan and running away from reality. I feel like we both could use an escape right now.

I run through the entire song a few times as she slowly relaxes with every word and note that comes out of my mouth. Finally, she falls still and cuddles deeper into my chest.

I kiss her forehead and squeeze her to me. I’m not going to be able to let her go. Something in me is telling me that she is mine. A vital part of me now, from the first moment I laid my eyes on her. I don’t know how we are going to deal with it, but I know I will do whatever it takes.

I wipe the tear tracks off her cheeks as I tuck her back into the bed. I stare at her little features as I brush the hair off of her face. I don’t know how long I lay there and stare at her, gently stroking her hair.

I really wish we knew her name. As soon as she wakes up that’s going to be my first priority to learn. I still have all the information we took from them today too. We may be able to track her family that way, as well.

I’m not

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