Die For Me (The Consumed Series Book 2) by Cassandra Vega

Author:Cassandra Vega [Vega, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2024-05-24T00:00:00+00:00

Hana

Emily was silent on the walk back to the house. Maybe I shouldn’t have told her the truth about what Jack and Michael did to me. It wasn’t her burden to carry. It just felt imperative to reveal what led me to this, what had made me so desperate. I began to question if any of this was worth it. Michael kept pushing back against the entire situation. I knew it was unfair. I understood why he was so unwilling. He was so much more stubborn than Jack. Jack would die for me; I wasn’t sure if Michael would. Was that how I measured their love? It was twisted and toxic and wildly unhealthy, and isn’t that what led me to this entire situation? I was so far beyond having Stockholm Syndrome—I was fanatical. I drank the punch and jumped over the cliff with both of them.

When we walked into the house, Michael was sweeping up glass in the kitchen. The cabinet glass was shattered, and kitchenware was strewn everywhere.

“Where’s Jack?” I asked frantically.

As I walked closer to Michael, I realized he was sporting a swollen right eye. He looked up at me through his lashes, as if he were disappointed in me.

“He’s upstairs, probably icing the knuckles he used to punch me with.” His tone was understandably irritated and short.

I raised my eyebrows at him in shock. “He did all of this?” I pointed to the mess around us.

Michael set the broom aside and crossed his arms. “In part. Are you surprised? Aren’t you going to ask if I’m okay? Don’t you see this fucking bruised eye that I can barely see out of?”

I shook my head as I walked closer to him. I put my hand to his face and observed his swollen eye; even with the bruise he was still beautiful. “I’m sorry,” I whispered.

Emily cleared her throat. “I’ll give you guys some space.”

I turned as she walked out of the kitchen. Michael took my hand and kissed the top of my fingers, pulling me back into his gaze.

“Are you okay? What happened?”

He shook his head, disgust clear on his face. “He walked in here just to pick a fight with me. He sure does talk a lot of shit. I can see why he has such an extensive criminal history.” He twirled my hair casually as if we were talking about what we were making for dinner.

I scoffed. Would this be a common occurrence? Would I have to worry whenever I’m not in their presence? I told them not to touch each other if they were going to hurt each other; Jack had broken the rules.

“Well, what did he say?” I prodded.

Michael sighed. “Nothing you don’t already know.”

I sighed heavily as I shook my head. “I need to go talk to him.” I turned on my heels before Michael could respond, but I heard him muttering angrily under his breath.

I walked into our room to find Jack sitting on the bed, looking down at his phone.

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