Page 50 of Savage Vicious Heir: Part Two

“Abi, what the fuck?” Elliot leaps out of bed at the same time I do, staring at me as I wrap my arms around myself and sway on my feet.

“Fuck.” He rushes over to me and catches me just before I fall.

“I… I-I don’t know what happened.” I blink up at him, confused and light-headed.

Disappointment clouds his expression, but it’s gone in an instant. “Come on,” he says. “Sit down and I’ll get you some water.”

Elliot helps me back to bed and fluffs up his pillows so I can sit up.

“I’ll be back,” he says, hesitating.

“Elliot, I?—”

“Don’t, yeah.” Defeat coats his voice and in that second, I hate myself.

I crossed a line this morning.

I gave him hope that things could go back to how they were.

I took something for myself and in turn, I hurt him.

I’m a mess.

And the worst part is, I want him to fix it.

I want Elliot to fix me.

He finally leaves me alone, and the silence has never felt more deafening.

I thought I could hide from him.

I thought I could ignore him and pretend he didn’t exist.

But one thing is clearer than ever, so long as we’re both still at All Hallows’ I’ll never be able to escape Elliot Eaton.

Or my feelings for him.

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ELLIOT

Ithought my father made me feel like a failure, a fraud, but he has nothing on how fucking useless I feel as I walk away from my room.

But she asked for it, a little voice pipes up.

I shake my head.

It doesn’t mean I should have done it.

I pushed her into it, I know I did.

I used every move I’ve learned to make her bend to my will, and I got what I wanted.

Mostly.

I am no different to him. To them.

If I were a better person, I’d have taken Abi back to her dorm last night and let the girls look after her.

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