Sever: Skin #3 by Ally Wagner

Author:Ally Wagner [Wagner, Ally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

Something in him broke. It wasn’t a clean break either, no. It was a shatter. Millions of tiny, jagged pieces seemed to cut through every part of him until there was nothing left.

Because beyond the agonizing pain, there was nothing.

Nothing.

Keira wasn’t there. He couldn’t feel her anymore. The bond was gone, taking her with it. She had been ripped out of the space that she occupied within him, leaving a desolate hole in its wake.

The force of the sudden emptiness brought him to his knees.

No, it wasn’t just the emptiness. It was what the emptiness meant. What the pain radiating throughout his body meant. She wasn’t just gone from him. She was gone. Gone.

Dead.

He squeezed his eyes shut as they burned and blurred. He had seen her body crumple to the floor, knew it still lay there. She didn’t fall dramatically like in the movies, didn’t clutch her chest and make a final, dying statement. He didn’t get to make eye contact with her one final time to convey everything he felt in that split second that stretched on like minutes.

No, this wasn’t a film.

He didn’t get a final moment with his shapeshifter. His love. His—

“Keira,” he croaked out, his voice hoarse from the excruciating pain of losing her physically, emotionally, and mentally.

He had to get to her, needed to hold her, but his body refused. He was frozen with pain, with shock. She couldn’t be gone.

Look at her!

He forced his heavy head up and pried his eyes open. The pain doubled as he saw her lifeless form lying in a heap next to the ashes of his maker. His chest tightened and a strange sound ripped itself free of his lips. It was deep yet hallowed, like it came from the depths of his wounded soul.

Those same lips trembled as he called her name again, “Keira.”

He needed to get to her. Move, damn you, move! He forced his arms down, his palms touching the icy floor. How long would it take for her to become as cold? How soon until her familiar, comforting warmth left her completely?

The thought that he may miss the last of her warmth terrified him. He forced his hands and knees to move quicker as he crawled towards her. The seconds it took him to get to her felt like hours. So much so that he feared he missed his chance.

He kneeled next to her and, with shaking hands, pushed her hair from her face. The wound inside him festered as he saw how pale she had become. He slid a hand to her uninjured cheek and cradled it with the softest touch he could muster. His thumb lightly ghosted over her cool, parted lips, begging them to draw in a breath.

“Keira?” Answer me.

His eyes blurred once again, but he barely noticed. As if afraid she would break, he carefully slid an arm under her shoulders and lifted her towards him. He punctured his wrist with a fang and waited until it welled up with blood before placing it over her mouth.

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