Bitter Ashes- The Complete Series by Sara C Roethle

Author:Sara C Roethle [Roethle, Sara C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vulture's Eye Publications
Published: 2019-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

My pulse picked up speed as the car slowed, then came to a stop. We’d driven as far as we could toward the Salr, and would have to walk the rest of the way. It would be dawn soon, meaning I had lost an entire night of progress, but that wasn’t what had me frightened.

It had been hard enough for me to leave Alaric the first time. I wasn’t sure if I could do it again. I wasn’t sure if I could look away from the option of having him embrace me. To protect me.

Yet, I knew what I had to do. No one could help me with the task before me. If I wasn’t strong enough to do it, then no one could save me regardless.

I startled when a blast of cold air hit me. The passenger car door was open, revealing Mikael. I’d been so absorbed in my thoughts I hadn’t realized he’d exited the car. He stood there, leaning toward me, offering a hand to help me out, a much more polite gesture than when I’d been forced in. I took his hand and slid out of the car. Fatigue washed over me, more than I’d felt in days.

With a start, I realized I’d now gone two entire nights without sleep, though the entire span of time seemed like a blurry dream. I needed rest. I had to keep my strength up if I hoped to not only survive, but to maintain my identity against the powerful forces within me.

Releasing my hand without a word, Mikael led the way toward the Salr. I followed, wrapping my coat tightly around myself in an attempt to shut out the freezing cold coastal wind. It was of little use. When I’d been among the banshees, I had barely felt the cold. Now without their presence, I felt human again. Weak and fragile.

The thought was almost enough for me to summon them forward. I had pushed them away once I’d arrived at Bully’s Acre, not wanting to make a scene with any humans that might be hanging around the historical site late at night. My foresight had been to my detriment, since it had allowed Mikael time to grab me before the banshees could. Once I’d been thrown into the car, it only took a single thought to hold them back again. I’d known deep inside that this meeting was something I couldn’t avoid, though it scared me half to death.

As I walked, I pictured Alaric’s face when I told him he couldn’t help me. He’d gone through hell for me, and had put me through a bit of hell himself. Still, I couldn’t deny the fact that he’d proven his love, even if it was a love I didn’t fully understand.

I’d thought what I’d experienced with Matthew, my first real boyfriend, had been love, especially after I’d accidentally released his life, but I’d been wrong. I knew now what love felt like. I knew what it was like to sit next to someone and feel utterly at home.

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