Page 87 of Delirium
Him, always.
Nothing else mattered.
“Kiss me, Storm,” I mumbled, afraid to talk too loud, afraid I’d scare him. “I really need you to kiss me.”
His palms landed on my cheeks, holding me still as I pushed my chest against his, needing this connection with him.
“I’ve been waiting my entire life for this,” he purred, looking down at me, his eyes filled with emotions I couldn’t quite understand. “I’ve been waiting for you without even knowing, Sunshine.” He smiled softly. “I’m so glad I found you. I’m so glad that this fucked-up life of ours brought us together, and trust me, I would do it all over again if it ended with the two of us together.”
I would too. I would go through all that pain, all that heartache if the path would lead me to him. I would kill, destroy, maim, and hurt those who deserved it all over again, because I’d know that Storm would be the one waiting for me at the end of the road.
“Your beauty sometimes hurts, Sunshine,” he said as I frowned at his words. “Not in the way that you think, but in the way that I don’t know what to do with all this love I have for you. My heart isn’t big enough to contain it all, to keep it all inside, and I need to tell you.”
“Storm,” I whispered, my eyes widening.
“I told you before, I know I did. I said it a million times. But each and every time felt as if we were saying it out of anger or obligation. I didn’t understand why these three words were so important until today, until you let me hold you as you fell apart. My heart almost jumped out of my chest, because I hate seeing you in pain, Sunshine.” He swallowed audibly. “I hate being unable to take away that pain.”
“Storm, you did take away the pain. You showed me a different path.”
“But I also hurt you.” He shook as if the mere thought of hurting me pained him. “I caused you pain, and I hope that one day you’ll be able to forgive me.”
“Stormy.” I smiled, placing my palm on his face. “We both hurt each other, and it isn’t as if I’m some kind of saint. We both know I’m not. I forgave you, Storm. I forgave you weeks ago. I forgave you the moment my knife went through your skin. Trust me.”
“But then I pissed you off again.”
“You did.” I laughed. “You pissed me off so badly that I wanted to stab you again, but I understand what you meant when you said that you were letting me go. I can’t blame you for wanting to give me a choice.”
“I’m not good enough for you.”
“Storm.” I pressed my lips to the corner of his. “You’re the best damn thing that has ever happened to me, and I love you,” I said in one breath. His eyes widened. “I love you, Storm,” I chuckled, those damn tears pushing forward again. “I think I loved you from the first moment I saw you. I loved you even when I wanted to kick your ass, even when loving you made it impossible to breathe.”
“Sunshine,” he breathed out, his thumbs rubbing over my cheeks.
“I will always love you, Stormy.Ya tebya lyublyu.” I spoke softly, hoping that everything I ever felt for him could fit into those three words. But I knew that there was no language, there were no words sufficient to describe how I felt for him.
“I love you, too, Sunshine.” His voice quivered, his hands shaking. “I’ve loved you forever, and I will love you for longer than that.”
“You promise?” I asked, his image in front of me blurring as my eyes filled with tears.
“I promise,” he answered, pressing his lips to mine, inhaling me, devouring me, taking everything I wanted to give him. “Forever, Sunshine.” He smiled.
“Forever,” I confirmed.
I wrapped my hand around his neck, holding on to him, when the sound of an approaching vehicle pulled me back from the little dream we were living in.
Kaiser jumped away from the sandwich he was eating, growling in the opposite direction, where the trees were cut down only enough to let the vehicle pass.
“Did you hear that?” I asked Storm, looking in the same direction. “It sounds like—”
“Get down!” Storm yelled out just as the first gunshot sounded in the air, aimed for us. He pushed me down, covering my body with his. I landed on the ground with a huff, my hands instinctively going around my stomach, protecting the kids.
Kaiser started barking, his thunderous voice echoing around us, but he too stayed down on the ground, his entire body trembling.
Storm cursed from above me as the bullets rained around us. I was just thankful for the higher grass that barely covered us from the eyes of the attackers.
“What’s happening?” I asked, breathing through my nose. “Who the fuck are they?”
“I have no idea,” Storm answered, fumbling with his phone. “But they’re going to wish they were never born.”
