The Madly Series Boxed Set by M. Leighton

Author:M. Leighton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, paranormal, young adult, werewolf, mermaid, series, boxed set
Publisher: M. Leighton

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

As Jackson disappeared into the darkness, my world crumbled and fell at my feet in a heap of meaninglessness. The Sentinels held me until he was long gone, until my legs lost their will to support me. That’s when the Sentinels let me go, let me drop to the ground.

I felt the wet tracks of tears as they spilled in heartbroken trickles down my cheeks. It was as if someone had ripped everything that mattered out of my chest and set it on fire. It burned, it hurt, it tore at me so angrily that I couldn’t catch my breath.

I gasped, struggling for air, but not wanting to breathe if it meant living without Jackson. I heard the worried questions of the Sentinels, but I ignored them. I was clinging to the lingering warmth of Jackson’s words where they resonated inside me.

I love you, Madly James… I’ll die with you on my mind.

Hands grabbed at me, but I just wanted to be left alone. My arms were too leaden to swat them away, so I begged from the emptiness of my soul.

“Leave. Just leave,” I croaked softly. “Leave me alone.”

More words from them, more hands that wouldn’t let me die in peace. And then there was anger—my anger—anger at them for keeping me from Jackson, anger at my father for keeping me from Jackson, anger at life for denying me that one thing that I wanted above all else. Jackson.

“Leave me alone!” I said again, screaming words that were saturated with an agony that I couldn’t escape.

Then, out of nowhere came a strength and a desperation that I couldn’t describe. Catching the Sentinels off guard, I leapt to my feet and I ran. I ran as hard and as fast as I could run.

I flew weightlessly across the forest floor and I sailed soundlessly through the quietly sleeping town of Slumber. I was driven, but I was also drawn, drawn to the sea, to all things I held dear and the one thing I couldn’t survive without.

When I saw the moonlit white sands come into view, I scanned them for what I sought more than I sought the water—Jackson.

A dark form moved against the pale landscape and I swerved in that direction, hitting the fine, sugary sand at breakneck speed. The closer I got, the more certain I became that it was Jackson standing at the water’s edge.

“Jackson!” I called breathlessly.

I saw his head turn in my direction and I pushed my legs even harder, determined to get to him before anything could stop me.

“Jackson wait!”

I was close enough now to see that he had stripped down to black boxer briefs that fit him like a second skin. His long arms hung by his side and his wide chest heaved with his breath. He turned fully toward me, his bronze skin bathed in an ethereal glow.

My heart leapt up into my throat and I worried that I couldn’t contain the love that swelled inside me. I felt the silky strings of it pulling me closer and closer to Jackson, the bond growing tighter and tighter.

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