Defy Fate: (Cade & Aria: Easton Family Saga) (Fated Duet Book 1) by Abigail Davies

Author:Abigail Davies [Davies, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

CADE

I didn’t know what to do with myself. I paced the length of the kitchen and into the hallway more times than I could count and stopped at the bottom of the stairs several times. My body itched to move up the steps, but I tried my hardest to keep my feet planted on the floor.

She needed space and a little time.

I understood that more than anyone, but it didn’t make it any easier. I craved to hold her tight and ask her why. Why was she doing this to herself? Why didn’t she think she could talk to anyone? Just…why?

Her footsteps echoed above me, and I wanted nothing more than to help her down the stairs, but she’d refused to let me assist her up them, preferring to hobble slowly, so I waited patiently in the kitchen, listening as her feet met each step. Finally, she appeared and the sad smile on her face had me moving forward.

“You okay?” I asked. It was a stupid question, one that she’d no doubt say yes to, but I hoped she’d tell me no, and I hoped she’d be honest with me. I wished…

I wished she wasn’t hurting herself.

I’d kept my words inside as she ate the food I’d bought her and then headed upstairs for a shower. I’d managed to keep myself from going up there, but the more time that passed, the more questions I had.

“Yes,” she whispered, in that small, soft voice which always managed to calm me. Even when she was a little girl, she had an aura about her that drew me in. “No,” she finally admitted with a slump of her shoulders.

“Aria?” I didn’t know why I was trying to get her attention. Maybe it was because I needed her eyes focused on me, or maybe I was trying to portray something to her that even I didn’t know.

She stared at the floor, not willing to look up, so I stepped forward and grasped her chin with my thumb and finger, just like I had an hour ago in this very spot. Her soft skin whispered over my fingertips, and I knew right then I wouldn’t be able to let her go. I’d opened up a door that had been firmly locked, and now I couldn’t close it, no matter what I did.

I didn’t want to close it.

Her head tilted back, and she finally gave me her eyes. Honey-colored eyes that kept me captive. “I…” I had no idea what to say. I didn’t know what to ask. I didn’t know where to start.

The scars.

Scars I had seen with my own two eyes.

Scars I couldn’t ignore.

Scars I hadn’t asked her about.

It was my obligation as her teacher to report it, but I knew I wouldn’t. I’d bend the rules for Aria. I’d break them. I’d decimate them. Because none of it mattered when it came to her.

“It’s relief,” Aria blurted out, her eyes misting with tears. “I do it so I feel like I can breathe again.

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