Twisted Fate: An Urban Fantasy Romance (Fate & Flame Book 1) by Liz Hambleton

Author:Liz Hambleton [Hambleton, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LizHambletonBooksLLC
Published: 2023-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

EMRY

This empty house twists my insides, and instead of sleeping, I pace the floors listening to Alison snore. She’s had a few bottles of wine, so it was a toss up if she’d be throwing up or sleeping peacefully.

I’m grateful we have the latter… for now.

A week ago, everything was normal, boring some would say, but wonderful. Is this how a car accident feels? You’re gliding along the road, singing to a song, or talking with a friend, and with no warning, it’s carnage.

When the sun peaks through the sky, sending shadows over my living room, I give up on sleep. Coffee brews while I watch with bleary eyes, tapping my foot with the beat of the steady drip.

“The french press is better. Makes it stronger.”

Sebastian’s arms wrap around my middle from behind, pressing his chest to my back. I whimper, and my legs give out from underneath me, tears falling before I can say a word. He spins me to face him, and I move my lips to his. He’s hesitant to kiss me, pulling back and placing his hands on my shoulders.

“Hold me,” I beg him, and I claw into his chest, taking fistfuls of his shirt and forcing him to comfort me. I cry, “Why won’t you kiss me?”

His eyes search mine, licking his lips with his tongue, and he takes another step back. “Does it feel… odd to you?” he asks. His question is earnest, spoken with soft words that want a true answer.

“Why would my husband holding me feel odd?” I close the space between us, placing my hands on the sides of his cheeks, and kiss him again. His hands clasp over my wrists, bringing them down and breaking the embrace.

“Why would you say that?” I ask. “I want you. I need you. Nothing will change that.”

He rubs his forehead, creasing his brow, trying to create more distance between us. I go with him, not allowing him to take his warmth away.

My insides twist, and I worry I might get sick. Panic rises in my chest, and I’m overcome with the thought that he came here to leave me, to end us.

“I love you just as much as I did last week. That doesn’t stop,” I insist. My voice is shaking and pleading. It doesn’t sound like me, but I don’t know who I am anymore.

“I don’t need you to love me anymore if you can’t.” He rehearsed those words and refuses to meet my eyes when he says them. It’s something he’s thought about all night, what he came here prepared to say.

No one married has bonded, and I don’t know if love fades for your spouse when the bond grows stronger, but I have faith in myself and in us.

“I will not stop loving you, Sebastian.” I take his wrist and place it next to mine, but he pulls it away before I can say another word.

“I don’t want to do that.” His voice lowers, barely a whisper. “I didn’t come here for reassurances.

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