I find nothing but truth.
The persistent organ in my chest threatens to burst from its cage and I can’t fight it any longer.
Not sure I want to, either.
Which is stupid.
So fucking stupid.
Because despite my best efforts to forget it, I know what love feels like, and I know what it feels like to lose it.
It destroys you.
It takes everything good about you and burns it to ashes and dust, leaving you a broken shell of the person you used to be.
But when it’s real and you’ve got it, really got it right there in your grasp, it makes you feel like you can fly.
Powerful.
Invincible.
Unstoppable.
Two hands squeeze my waist and I blink, coming back to find two dark blue eyes staring into mine with so much intensity that I can’t seem to move.
He’s got me.
“Damon..”
“Yes, Callie?”
“If you’re fucking with me right now..” I rasp, digging my nails into his neck. “If you ever try to leave me or break my heart, I swear to god I’ll shoot you in the face.”
He laughs at that, wrapping his arms around my back to pull me into him. “I believe you, baby.”
I grin like an idiot, pulling his mouth down to mine. “Good, because I love you back, big brother.”
He grins back.
Then he kisses me.
And then I fucking fly.
Chapter 26
Callie
I scream, pulling on my restraints in a desperate attempt to free myself.
This can’t be happening.
“Dad, please!”
He ignores me.
“Just let me hold her!” I cry, kicking my legs out despite the agonizing pain between them. “Dad!”
“Callie.”