Axed - A Forbidden Dark Romance Novella by Samantha Towle

Author:Samantha Towle [Towle, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Samantha Towle Writes Ltd
Published: 2022-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

I’m lying in bed with a fucking child’s night-light and sound machine on, trying to get some sleep, when someone starts hammering on my front door.

A quick glance at my cell phone tells me it’s just after eleven.

Who the hell would be coming here at this time?

If it were the cops, they’d announce themselves and then kick the door in.

My mind briefly flashes to Eden. Could it be her? It’s been a few days since our moment—if you could call it that—in her car, and I haven’t seen or spoken to her since.

I get out of bed and make my way to the front door, flicking the lights on as I go. The banging continues.

“All right! All right! I’m coming.”

I unlock the door and wrench it open, and Eden is on the other side of it.

She looks like she’s been crying.

My heart plummets to my stomach. “Jesus! Eden, are you okay? What happened?” I reach for her, ushering her inside and closing the door behind us.

“Annabeth and Laura are dead!” she sobs.

“Your friends from high school?”

“Yes, and they’re both dead!” she cries.

“Both of them?” I push a hand through my hair. “What happened?”

“They were murdered!”

I walk her over to the sofa and guide her to sit down. I sit beside her.

“They were both killed?”

“Murdered,” she reiterates on a cry, staring at me, wide-eyed. “Annabeth’s sister called me a few hours ago. Her body was found at their parents’ cabin. She’d gone up there for a few days, but when she didn’t come back and they couldn’t get ahold of her, her dad went there to check on her, and she was—she was …” She breaks off on a sob. “Dead. She’d been dead for days! Her sister didn’t say what happened to her, just that she’d been murdered.”

“And Laura? Was she there with Annabeth?” I ask in a gentle voice.

“No. I was at home, reeling from what had happened to Annabeth. I turned on the TV, and there it was on the news. Laura had been found at our old high school! She was …” She claps a hand over her mouth, fresh tears filling her eyes. Her hand slides from her mouth as tears roll down her face. “She was found naked, tied to the football post, and she’d been stabbed to death.”

“Jesus.”

“Wade, Aaron, Annabeth, and Laura. I’m the only one left.” Her voice trembles. “D-does this mean I’m next?”

“What? No, of course not.” I say those words, but I’m not sure I believe them. She’s right when she says she’s the only one left from their group that hung out at high school.

“I’m scared, Axel.”

“It’s going to be fine, I promise.” I wrap my arms around her, holding her close to me.

She’s quiet, her silent tears dripping on my chest, and I become acutely aware that I’m not wearing a sleep shirt. Just my pajama bottoms. And she smells fucking amazing and feels even better in my arms. Like she was always meant to be held by them.

“I’m sorry I woke you,” she says softly, her breath brushing against my chest.

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