Page 48 of Mended Souls
“Whoever shot you had a partner. They got her and…” I didn’t finish. “I’m going to find them, Fallon, I promise.”
Her lip trembled. “D-did she get a funeral? Are Sin and Ranger okay?”
“We had it today. We had to wait for her sister to get back to the country. Sin and Ranger are…”Broken. Destroyed.“They are hurting, but they are remembering their favorite girl,” I told her.
My phone chimed with an incoming text.
KADENCE
I’m gonna stay with Annika tonight and we’re gonna go shopping tomorrow. Are you okay?
ME
I’m okay, princess. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow if you don’t want to stay with Annika again.
Fallon is awake.
KADENCE
OMG! I need to see her. Tell her I’m thinking of her. I hope she can get out of there soon.
ME
Of course, princess. Have fun with Annika.
I knew I needed to talk to her, but I also had to find more information out about this so-called twin. Elijah would have said something if he had a sibling, let alone a twin brother. There was something else in the mix that didn’t add up, but I was hoping Damon could shed some light onto the situation.
“Make sure you focus on healing, okay? You have a slew of people waiting to hug you,” I told her.
She gave me a weak smile. “I’ll make sure I am bear hug ready.”
CHAPTER 37
KADENCE
“Sooooo, what happened?” Everly asked, overly excited. “I haven't seen you in a while, so I want to know everything, and I promise I won’t be a bitch this time.”
My cheeks flushed. “Uhm. Well, Blaize finally stopped being dense, but it took her triggering me to get there. I made her grovel a little bit, but my heart craves her. We’re on steady ground now.”
“So did she finally admit she’s in love with you?”
I brushed my hair out of my face. “Uhm, yeah. She did. Me being me, it’s hard to believe someone can love me. My ex-boyfriend wasn’t the greatest. Dominic…let’s just say I never want to see him again.”
“Well, you have Blaize now, even if I am a little jealous. If you really wanted to hurt her, I could’ve spent one night with you.” She winked.
I laughed awkwardly. Everly never showed interest in me even when we danced together. She was gorgeous, but she wasn't my type. She was pompous with narcissistic energy. Beauty didn’t change anything when your soul was ugly. She was nice to me and Annika for the most part, so I was grateful for a friend.
“Sorry. I’m going to Annika’s and see how she is. I’ll see you soon.”
Part of me wished Annika would have been the buffer between us, because Everly wouldn’t have said anything like that to me if she was there. Even when I was fawning after Blaize. It feels forced now, like she didn’t really mean it. I was overanalyzing everything, but I didn’t know. Something felt off now that I was with Blaize.
The walk to Annika’s house was quick, but when I opened the door, I heard arguing and crying. My eyes instantly snapped to Annika who was sobbing and Noah who was holding Theo back from Drew, who was bleeding. I looked at Annika and then at the boys, before sprinting to her. She threw her hands over my neck and sobbed into my chest.
“You’re going to get yourself killed!” Theo yelled through clenched teeth.
“I have to do this!”
“No, you don’t,” Noah argued. “You have one job in this family, and it is to stay fucking alive. Our girl can’t fucking sleep when you’re playing God for someone else. I get it, and I’m sorry, but we fucking need you.”
