Beyond The Mask (The Beyond Book 1) by Hunter Aubrianna & Laszlo Jeremy

Author:Hunter, Aubrianna & Laszlo, Jeremy [Hunter, Aubrianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Writer's Edge Publishing
Published: 2013-01-21T08:00:00+00:00

Derek stared at the sheet. It stared back, daring him to remove it. For several moments he couldn’t, too afraid it was true. Fearful she was there. She couldn’t be.

The sheet called to him and he shuddered in response. Slowly, carefully, he reached down and, using only his fingertips, he grasped the edge of the sheet that taunted him so. He peeled it back as everything else in the world turned to darkness around him.

It felt as if ash filled his mouth and lead his veins as her face appeared from beneath the sheet. Clenching his jaw he continued to pull. Bruises spattered her body all over. Deep sickening hues of purple and green were strewn across her skin as if she had been in a car accident. Tears filled his eyes. She looked so small there on the table. She seemed bigger when she smiled and the room lit up. Derek hated her for dying. No he didn’t.

Her hair had been pulled and released from the up do she had worn when last Derek had been at her side. Her wrists appeared as if they had been bound. Derek felt as if the whole world was closed off around him. He was alone. No one loved him, and the only person who made him feel whole was now gone. How could she leave him like this?

Though his soul was torn from him at the loss of her, and though he knew it was because he had failed to protect her, as the tears streamed freely from his eyes, he grinned. Though her body showed the signs of so much abuse, her face appeared a vision of serenity. At least she had managed to escape the torture of this life. He wished he had the courage to join her. He couldn’t though, not yet. The characters inside began to plot. They whispered in menacing tones. He tried to ignore them.

Sliding his hands beneath her, he lifted her lithe body from the steel tray and pulled her firmly to his chest. Hugging her cold flesh to himself he sobbed as warm tears of pain and loss were replaced by hot tears of anger. Her hair still smelled like her.

Someone would have to pay for this. Someone at the ball had seen something. They had to. Derek stood holding her for long moments before finally relaxing his grasp.

“I loved you, Jade. I should have told you. What am I supposed to do now? I’m sorry I failed you. I’m sorry I let this happen to you… Us.”

For more than an hour Derek held her apologizing for his failures. Eventually, emotionally spent, he lowered her back to the tray carefully. Lovingly. He appraised her small body once more before covering her body again with the sheet. He left her face exposed, not wanting to suffocate her. Derek turned, allowing the many characters a chance to speak with him. Before they could however, the proprietor opened the door to the adjoining chamber once more.

“Sir,

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