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A hand hooks my right shoulder, trying to turn me away, but I swat it away. If she’s in pain, I want to feel the same. If I do not see her again, I don’t want to waste our last moments together looking the other way. She needs to know I’m suffering because…
“I—” My words burst into nothing as Galen and Nik move towards the door. My legs burn with the need to go after them while July sobs, imploring me to hold her again, to hide her from everyone. My eyes sting like the palms of my hands, where my nails are digging, drawing blood.
“Kris, please…” She steals one last look at me. “I can’t lose you again…please.”
I will never lose you again.She can’t remember this yet, but those were the words she screamed last time we had to say goodbye.
The same hand reaches for me again.
“You know that’s for the best…” Mack warns me.
It is, but there is no reasoning when I’m around her, and I don’t want her to treasure this memory as our last.
I shove Mack out of the way, ignoring his and Merya’s curse as someone - probably Mack - collides with the control panel, and I charge towards the door.
“Oh, for soul’s sake, do not complicate things.” I hear Lily complaining as I rush past her.
Alerted by Lily, Nikrah momentarily abandons July’s side and stomps towards me. I can feel the blood pumping beneath my skin when I skid to a halt inches from him.
“Let me pass,” I growl.
“You practically begged us to take her away,” he opens his arms, with an idiotic smile on his face.
“And now Icommandyou to step aside—”
“It’s okay, Nik. He only needs a few moments,” Tabitha sighs,surprisingly understanding.
“We don’t have a few—alright, fine. Fine!” Nik stumbles back, raising his hands, when I shove him out of the way.
With two steps, I’m behind July, unable to speak, to breathe, while Galen carefully loosens his grip on her arm and walks away. He gives me a look that chills the blood in my veins, before putting the metal door between us, a barrier dividing him from me and the woman Rodenforcedhim to love.
She slowly turns around.
I don’t care if everyone’s watching. Roden can teleport into the room, and I would still not give a fuck about anyone but her.
“I remembered…earlier on, by the lake,” she says softly, inhaling deeply to push the tears back, as I gently take her face in my hands. “All those times they took me away from you, I never had the chance to tell you…”
I dip my head and steal her words from her mouth with mine so they can only linger between us.
“Ilovedyou. Every time we met, I couldn’t help it…” she whispers onto my lips before looping her arms around my neck, making the whole world disappear.
As if resonating with each other, our souls thrum in unison, trying to free themselves from our bodies and melt into one. I’ve kissed her many times, yet today is like our first. I can’t have enough of her hair through my fingers, her teeth gently playing with my lips, my tongue hungry to rediscover every inch of her mouth.
Unexpectedly, she breaks the spell, gently pushing me away,pressing her hands against my chest. “Ilovedyou…” Her eyes narrow moments before the ground starts shaking.
Chapter 49 - Goodbyes
Merya
Athin shower of cement pours over us from tiny gaps in the ceiling as light flows through old fractures in the walls and floor.
We all exchange worried looks, and our chests don’t stop nervously rising and falling even when the sudden shaking stops.
“What was that?” Mack asks seconds before a disembodied, raging scream fills the room, like a shock wave.
It throws me off my feet, knocking the breath out of my lungs when I hit the wall. White dots appear behind my eyelids, streaming down like shiny snowflakes every time I blink, trying to regain full view of the room.
Beneath the ringing in my ears, a voice calls for me.
