Those We Couldn't Burn: A Paranormal Witch x Witch Hunter Romance by Whitney L Spradling

Author:Whitney L Spradling [Spradling, Whitney L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

My body aches. Every muscle screams as I roll over in the bed and my stomach heaves. There’s a bucket on the floor for this very reason. Every morning I wake up and purge the drug from my system. Tears stream down my face as the bitter taste of bile clings to my tongue. I can’t brush my teeth until someone tells me to, so I lay back in the bed and wait.

I’m so hollow inside. Most of the time, I don’t even have any thoughts floating through my head. Right now, though, I can’t help but picture a pair of ocean blue eyes and wonder what he must have thought when he realized I wasn’t in my room. If only I hadn’t left that night. The collar around my throat chokes me and my hands itch to grab it and pull, but my body isn’t mine to command.

Panic grips me so hard I struggle to breathe. My chest constricts, and each breath in is too shallow to fill my lungs. Is this going to be the rest of my life? If so, I would welcome being sent to the stakes. Suddenly, the door bursts open, interrupting my rapidly spiraling thoughts.

Edward slams the door shut behind him and stalks toward my bed. I’d cower if I could. This man is the manifestation of my nightmares. The demon who murdered my mom. Despite my desire to choke the life out of him, he terrifies me. I’m not too proud to admit that. He does hold my life in his hands, after all.

He growls as he grabs my hair and pulls me from the bed. Pain rips through my scalp and tears prick the corners of my eyes. I’m thrown to the floor, and I’m powerless to try to catch myself. I land face first on the marble floor, my forehead cracking painfully against the cool surface. Laying on the floor gasping for breath, with pain ricocheting through my head, I pray to the goddess for all of this end.

Edward uses his booted foot to roll me onto my back. He kneels down and stares at me. “If you won’t give me what I want, I will make this even more painful for you.”

His threat hits, but I can’t react. I can’t even try to defend myself. Drugging me isn’t going to make me have lucid visions that make sense. It’s not my fault I can’t remember what I see during those frightful hallucinations. It's all the drugs in my system. The shock waves scrambling my brain. It’s the things he is doing to me.

“I want you to tell me what that first vision meant. The one Sybil had thousands of years ago. I want you to tell me what I need to do to make sure my brother’s reign ends. What is it Sybil saw that will help keep him on the throne?”

I don’t answer. Not only because I can’t, but because I don’t know. I have no idea what Sybil saw or what her mad ravings meant.

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