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It’s like my whole body is bleeding.
“Come on,”I whisper again, my lips still brushing against her cheek.
I press my forehead to hers as I hold her lifeless body in my arms.
How am I ever going to move from here?
I feel a hand on my shoulder.
Then, something happens.
A quiet shift in the air.
There’s a burning sensation in my lips, hot and fuzzy like crackling electricity. I almost jump back.
I open my eyes and see that my face is covered in a bright, golden glow. It swirls around my mouth, tingling, and then it spreads out to Danielle’s forehead.
I kiss her with more force.
What’s happening?
The magic has a life of its own. It colors her in, spreading from her forehead around her eyes, nose, and lips, down her throat to the rest of her body.
She’s heating up in my arms, and that crackling sensation has found its way through my body, too.
Despite the way it feels, I don’t move.
I don’t even breathe.
Danielle’s lips part slightly, her lashes twitch.
“Danielle?”
I’m still holding my breath. Is this real?
Then her eyes open.
They’re vacant at first, blinking twice, before they look up at me, lost.
That crackling, sparking magic feeling is replaced by something even stronger. A deep wave of the most powerful force on earth.
A feeling that I’ve been burying for a while.
I hold her tighter, savoring each of her breaths, grateful for the faint beating of her heart.
I love her. I’ve always loved her, and I’ll make sure that I never take her for granted ever again.
Chapter 23 - Danielle
“It’s not really Monroe,” Ellis reminds me as he rubs my back.
She’s awake, screaming, and the sounds of her pain rattle through me with torturous force. I can’t bear it.
Even though I know that it’s for everyone’s own good, I can’t stand her being in discomfort. I don’t want to see her tied up.
“I know,” I respond, as we lean against the front of the cabin. I refused to go inside. “But I feel the pain of the real her. She’s overcome with the negative force. She’s so confused... It’s not her fault.”
My face twists a little as tears form behind my eyes.
