The Insanity of Reincarnated Mages and Amorous Vampires by AJ Sherwood & Devon Vesper

Author:AJ Sherwood & Devon Vesper [Sherwood, AJ & Vesper, Devon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-01T18:30:00+00:00

Kit

Right. So, clearly, I fucked that explanation up royally. Swearing under my breath, I chased after Gun. With his much longer legs, he got out the door before I could catch him, but I managed to get my hands around his arm, dragging him to a halt. That was harder than it looked; Gun was plenty strong, after all. Also, currently upset.

Under the upset was hurt, though, and it was that I regretted more than anything.

I knew, better than anyone else, not to stress Gun out when he was sleep-deprived. He was worse than a bear leaving hibernation. I also knew better than to let him stew on anything because, my god, he could overthink things. His rejection sensitive dysphoria was strong, and something in that beautiful brain of his had just stomped on it.

“Gun, slow down.”

He didn’t even respond verbally; he just glared at me, trying to pull his arm free.

Nope, not happening, honey. “Three minutes. Just give me three minutes to dig myself out of the hole I got myself into.”

Turning, he faced off with me, looming so that he blocked the light. The hurt was shining more and more through the pain in his too-bright eyes. “There’s nothing you can say to reverse the fact you only came to me because I was him.”

It intrigued me in a sense why Gun had drawn such a firm line between the him of now and the him of the past. In his shoes, I probably wouldn’t have done that. Well, either way, he clearly felt that way. I didn’t think arguing with him logically would do any good. This was all emotional, and I should focus on that first.

“Do you remember the pain you felt seeing me die in that dream?” I asked him softly.

Gun flinched, eyes falling.

“It’s the same for me. I felt every bit of that pain. And I kept feeling it, plus guilt, because my husband sacrificed his life for mine. I’d have done anything to trade places with him. I was suicidal for nearly a decade after that horrific night.”

Gun’s head jerked back up, frantic and worried now. “Shit, you didn’t really try, did you?”

“I was kept under very close watch by everyone, including Kassandra, to make sure I couldn’t. Otherwise, yes, I might have.” It wasn’t a lie. Or even an exaggeration. Those were dark, dark days that I didn’t care to remember. I was only telling him now because I needed him to understand that I knew this pain he carried. I knew it all too well. He wasn’t alone in this. “The only thing that kept me alive was the promise that my husband would be reincarnated.”

The expression on Gun’s face was a battlefield of emotion. He was torn between being angry again at the reminder and worried about what I’d almost done. Such a gentle heart, this one.

“So, yes, I was very eager to see you again. I also knew the man I’d lived with, loved, and married wasn’t here anymore. You and I don’t have that history between us.

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