Strong (Kindred #1) by KA Hobbs

Author:KA Hobbs [Hobbs, KA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Kindred Series Book One
Published: 2016-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

I lay there, eyes firmly closed just listening, so completely consumed with pain and fear and I can’t do anything about it. I know Carter is next to me, I can hear him breathing, I can feel his hand wrapped around mine. I know he must be worried, scared why I haven’t woken up yet, but I just can’t bear to open my eyes and make the dark, cold reality of what I’ve just been through real. If I keep my eyes closed, I can pretend I’m just sore, that I haven’t just had my future taken away from me, the future I hoped I would have and never dreamed I wouldn’t.

I can pretend that I didn’t go to sleep a normal woman and am now waking up missing a vital part of myself, the very part that makes us able to create a little life and someday become a mother. Don’t think about it now, Carmen.

Too late.

The tears fill my eyes and roll down my cheeks and a gut wrenching sob escapes past my lips making me so glad I’m in a private room so that no one will have to see this.

“Hey.” Carter’s soft voice floats over to me and makes everything so much worse.

It is real.

So very, very real.

“Carmen? Open your eyes for me beautiful, it’s okay, I’m here.” he whispers softly to me and I feel his warm hand on my cheek wiping away my tears.

I open my eyes slowly, willing them to adjust to the bright lights. Everything is so clinical; machines beeping, white walls and the sickly smell of death in the air. It doesn’t actually smell of death of course, it’s just my imagination, I’m very much alive and the pain I’m in is proof of that. I turn my head slowly and there he is, sitting so still like he’s afraid to move. A small smile tugs at his lips and he sighs in relief.

“You’re awake, I’ve been going crazy just sitting here.”

“I’m awake.” I croak, my voice hoarse.

“Can I get you anything?”

“Some water would be great.” I try and smile, really I do, but nothing happens when I try to get my mouth to move.

“I’ll be right back,” he stands and leans over me, dipping his head and resting his lips on my forehead. “You’ve done it, beautiful, now you can rest, it’s a long road ahead but I’ll be with you every step of the way.”

He doesn’t give me a chance to reply, just straightens up and walks towards the door and out of sight. I close my eyes again and take a few deep breaths, everything is all too much right now. The light, the nothingness, the weight of the blankets on top of me, why do they feel like they weigh a ton? I stay, laying in bed and repeating the same thing over and over again in my head; it will be okay, you did it.

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