Cohere: A Dark Paranormal Romance (The Sephlem Trials Book 3) by Felisha Antonette

Author:Felisha Antonette [Antonette, Felisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feliant Publishing
Published: 2020-12-12T06:00:00+00:00

breaking bad habits

At Natalia’s house, we sit in silence. But it’s not silent. The drops of tears splashing against hands and the floors. The sniffles and huffs as one to two people try to find a place of peace between the mournful whimpers. The cries of the children battling the hushes from their parents. It’s not at all silent. We’ve all just stopped talking. It’s loud. The sadness for Natalia’s passing is louder than I can describe.

Nathan broke the news and tore the family apart. That stitch Natalia seemed to tighten split right down the middle. I sit with Nicholas in my lap. His six-year-old body against his nine years. Only when he buries his face in my neck or my chest, do I relate his looks to the age he portrays. Rocking us, I rub his back as he breaks and pulls it together periodically.

Nathan takes the seat next to me and with my free hand, I rub the back of his neck with his forehead pressed against the side of my head. He takes in deep breaths, calming himself.

Little Nathan comes to my other side, laying his head against my shoulder. I stop rubbing Nicholas’ back to grab Little Nathan’s hand. Tears have not stopped falling from his eyes since he saw Nathan’s face when we first walked in this morning. I’m staying strong for them. Her boys. As I’d promised. But watching them hurt sure sticks a dagger deep in the pit of my stomach.

Roseland, Ann, and their beautiful children crowd together, holding each other. And the others, those who are immediate family to each other, do the same.

Nicholas cringes as another series of sobs break loose. I move my hand from Nathan to him, wrapping my arm around his back. Nathan’s arm snakes around my back. He holds me so tight.

I watch the room, wondering why Lunis would have done this? To hurt Nathan? This. This is more than hurting Nathan. This hurts an entire family, and Nathan has done nothing for Lunis to need to inflict pain such as this on our entire family. It’s not adding up. You take her and me. Torture me and kill her. I don’t understand it. Was it really revenge for him rescuing Olar, killing his goons? This couldn’t have only been about Nathan. . . No way.

“Tracey,” Nicholas breathes in my chest. “Thank you for staying.”

I wipe the tears from his cheeks. “What do you mean, Nick? Why would I leave you?”

He blinks and big tears fall, two from the right eye, three from the left. He scrapes them away, brushing his sleeve over his face. “We have treated you so wrong. You love my brother, I know. But he leaves the choice available for you to leave. And even through the worst, you stayed. This is the ultimate worst, and you’re still here. Thank you.” He throws his arms around me and I return his hug.

“Yeah, Tracey, thanks for staying,” Little Nathan adds. I lean my head against his.

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