Obsession: A Reverse Harem Vampire Romance (Sever the Crown Book 3) by Mysti Parker & Lindsey R. Loucks

Author:Mysti Parker & Lindsey R. Loucks [Parker, Mysti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Marlowe

Fire engulfed me. Flames licked up my skin and scorched it black so it peeled away and revealed muscle and nerves and bone. I could both feel it and see it from afar, living it and watching it, two horrific sides of the same nightmare. I stumbled out the door of the bell tower, but instead of my masked face staring back, it was Albert's.

It was Albert's, and that was so much worse.

I snapped awake, my fists twisted in the sheets, my chest heaving even though I had no need to breathe. I wished it had all been a dream, but the hollowed-out feeling inside me, like someone had scooped up my heart and cracked it like a nut, proved it wasn't. His death crushed into me all over again, and I felt it all the way to my soul. It made me tired, heavy. Too heavy.

I glanced down and met a pair of yellow eyes peering up at me. Wren had wrapped herself around me underneath the covers in a protective cocoon of soft skin and the strawberry scent of her shampoo.

"Bad dream?" she whispered.

I shook my head because it hadn't been. Reality was so much worse than our dreams.

She rose up on her elbow and pulled the bandages back from my chest, rubbing her fingers lightly over the tender skin where I’d been shot. “Looks like you’re healing up well.”

"I'm sorry, Wren," I said, my voice rough with sleep and too many raw emotions.

She drew her brows together and then looked away as her eyes shimmered with tears. "I have no idea why you're apologizing to me. I'm the one who let him go, and if I had to do it all over again—" Her voice broke off.

I hated to see her like this, with the same heaviness I felt. It almost hurt worse than Albert's loss, so I circled my arms around her body while she worked to compose herself again.

"I made a selfish decision back there," she finally said as she swiped at her cheeks. "It was either him or me, and I chose me. What gave me the right to do that? Why did I think my life was more important than his?"

I brushed her hair off her face and tilted her head on my shoulder so she'd look at me. "Because it is."

The weight of those words landed sharp and hard, but as soon as I said them, I realized they were true. "You are important, Wren, and Albert knew that better than anyone. If you had made a different decision back there, Albert wouldn't have. He would've sacrificed everything for you to get out of there alive. Which you did."

"But I only got to know him for a few days," she whispered. "There are thousands of things that aren't fair, but that really tops my list."

"I know. It's not fair."

"I should be grateful for the time I had, but like an idiot, I got my hopes up about having a parent in my life again.

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