Page 79 of Dark Bonds

I moaned and my eyes fluttered open. I was somehow in Raven’s guest bed. My head was pounding and, while my breathing was better, it was as though a knife had been stabbed through my chest.

“Leah, oh my God! You scared the fuck out of me!” Raven said.

I grunted when she threw herself at me, wrapping her arms around me. I looked around and the bed was surrounded. Surrounded by the people I’d come to love over the last several months.

The people I probably won’t see much now.

In seconds, tears were running down my face. Sasha and Raven had me wrapped up in their arms and just let me cry. I was vaguely aware of the guys leaving the room, but I couldn’t focus on that.

“Leah,” Sasha prompted, “what can we do for you?”

“I don’t know,” I croaked.

“Seb, could you grab a glass of orange juice, please?” Raven yelled.

Two minutes later, he walked in with a big glass of orange juice and a plate of cookies.

“Leah,” Seb said quietly, “Jason has been blowing up our phones. You don’t have to talk to him, but could we at least let him know you’re okay?”

“I don’t want to see him, Seb. If you want him here, that’s fine, but not until I leave.”

“You’re not going anywhere. He doesn’t have to come over. That’s not why I told you. I don’t know what happened tonight and I don’t need to, but I don’t want him to be worried. He’s losing it right now because he doesn’t know where you are.”

“He can go fuck himself and his concern,” Sasha snapped.

I laid my hand on her arm to calm her and told Seb he could tell him I was okay.

“How long was I out?”

“Way too long. I should have called 911. I just figured you were emotionally wrung out.”

“Sash, why are you so pissed?”

“Because that man is a fucking moron. He wouldn’t want me telling you this, but I’m too pissed to care. That man has been tearing himself up for months over you.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, he’s known almost from the beginning that you were different. He reached the point where he knew he wanted more but was afraid you wouldn’t. He didn’t want to risk losing you. The fucker must’ve misplaced his balls tonight because you fucking gift wrapped yourself and he fucked it up. Honestly, I’ve never been more disappointed in him.”

“Wait, what? Are you fucking kidding me?” Raven asked exasperatedly.

“Nope, I’m not. I’m gonna go to his place and give him a piece of my mind.”

“Sash, could you stay here with me? Raven, I can stay here tonight, right?”

“You know you’re welcome anytime. You both are.”

Sasha nodded and the three of us laid on the bed quietly. My eyelids grew heavy and I struggled to keep my eyes open. She leaned over and kissed me gently.

“Sleep, honey.”

I fell into a dreamless sleep with Raven and Sasha holding me.

* * *

When I woke the next morning, I wasn’t surprised to see Raven wasn’t in bed anymore and that Sasha was. The woman was draped all over me and she was like a fucking furnace.

“Sash,” I mumbled sleepily. “I’m dying of heat. I need you to move over.”

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