The Dragon of Cecil Court by Genevieve Jack

Author:Genevieve Jack [Jack, Genevieve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carpe Luna Publishing

Clarissa was pretty sure that no amount of scrubbing would ever free her from the stench of Grindylow’s bog. She reeked of it. There had been blood in her hair. Either hers or Nate’s, she didn’t know. Her mind replayed the moment the monster had sliced through his twelve-year-old body, and she turned up the hot water to combat the chill that ran through her.

Eventually her hands started to grow pruney, and she decided she was as clean as she was going to get. She turned off the water and drew a fluffy white towel from the rack. Her legs shook as she walked to her bedroom.

She was physically tired from dragging Nate to the car and holding him through the long drive home, but the mental fatigue from the painful regret rattling through her brain was far worse. Everything felt heavy. What she’d done to Nathaniel was wrong. She realized that now. If he’d shown her anything today, it was that his heart was true. And she had walked away from it, not from indifference but out of fear.

All this time, she’d believed the lie she’d told herself, that this was about her career and independence. But it wasn’t. This was about fear. She’d feared Nathaniel would change his mind about her, so she’d ended things to beat him to the punch. It was a coping technique. A way to avoid the pain of abandonment she’d all too frequently experienced.

But today… today it had all become too clear. He was more important than her voice. If given the chance, she would have refused his plan. She would have done anything to avoid watching Grindylow hurt him. Even if it meant disappointing every one of her fans and Tom. Even if it meant canceling the O2. She couldn’t picture a world without him in it.

She brushed out her wet hair and tossed the towel on a chair, then crawled into bed. There was only one choice to make now that she realized her true feelings. She couldn’t be without him. She couldn’t pretend for a moment more that she didn’t need him as much as she needed the air she breathed.

When he awoke, she would tell him. It was time for her to say yes and to mean it.

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