ine'
in my head. My vision flashed, blood splatterin
knees, bleeding as he pleaded for mercy. What
p in a new world, as all I
nd. "Am I dead?" I wondered, even more. I
Could it be him? I tried taking further steps to close in, but the strange
uld have surely said it was what I had longed for so much-the silence and peace. But
I was truly dead, it seemed they were all gone for me. I had
ghtly, causing me to flinch. I stumb
y head, I scanned the area. I was in a room, but whose room was this? I tried sitting up, on
ppened that night? A man showed up, saving m
and then I caught sight of Austin makin
d been having the very moment I set eyes on him-one that dre
on the bed edge. I watched his eyes travel to my bandag
lings I had-a part of me wanted this. I mean, what if I was wrong in the end? What if my happiness had never died? Was
m to arrive not long after with water in a bowl. From the steam, I could tell the water was warm. He soaked the towel in the water, twisted it,
should help a
s done cleaning my wounds, he helped me cha
lf allowing this, yet I felt so calm around his presence,
me with my wounds, he went to prepare soup and
this," he said with a sm
ed for a while before opening m
handkerchief, wiping the stain away. Our eyes m
about it; he must
, one that seemed I had lost forever. Even with the fact that I didn't kn
n the spoon before he stood up, dropping the soup plate
ly wondered, only for me
ing to stand up. "Wait," I wanted to say, but my wounded body betrayed me, leaving some pains that shot through
iled. "You felt it too, right?" I asked befo
I approached his side, barely maint
Austin utter in a whisper. My heart seized in
aying he knew already. "So you're
the distance on me as my back pressed against the wall with him standing closely. Way t
w did that have to do wit
m being punished with a burden..." I heard Austin say, those words wiping off
ing I had heard those words wrong, but he only turne
ly caught up in my throat, silencing me. "Enough!" he yelled, his
raging eyes that took over his, his teeth snarling, as he withdrew from my sid
t," he
g to process what was happening,
s attention back, asking him if something was wrong, helping him through,
own good. Forget we
n by that? Why was
You are my mate, aren
cape his lips again befor
. Don't even have th
turning to meet his gaze. "What are you saying?
a hybrid as my mate. You are going to ruin eve
never real, right?" I had myself believi
out of his mouth. He was caring at the beginning, and now it only seemed like I was looking upon another person.
?" I questioned, only to watch
sn't what he really felt inside, was it? He must also want me as his mate. Want us
ll those words, do you?" But who was I kidding in the end? "I said enough!" Austin yelled agai
n the idea that he really wan
hand of his that was ready to harm me in the v
spat. His words felt like sharp claws as they slashed through me. I could hear my heart shattering at those moments. I found myself cr
o be blamed? I never chose to be born as a hybrid. Mom had said it also. "Not
yself always having to face it all? Useless. Trash
es as they trailed down. I remained there, only to w
ybe things would be different? Have I truly forgotten the rea
groaned harder, using the bed as support. My hands clenched on the
ieved he was going to return, come back, enter the same door right now, and tell me he made a mistake. He had said those w
my throat as I drank some water from the