“Well, maybe I’ll finally save your number into my phone and let you,” she quipped, though her teasing was missing its humor.
As Elisabeth settled into bed, I did a second check of all her doors and windows, then turned off all the lights, the darkness actually feeling comfortable in this instance.When I crawled back into bed next to her, she immediately curled into my side as I wrapped my arms around her, a bit of dread still lingering in my chest.Now that we were finally doing this, now that we finally believed, the reality of our situation was setting in, and it wasn’t a pleasant feeling.
“I love you, Elisa,” I told her before placing a kiss on the top of her head.
“I love you,” she replied softly.
As Elisabeth rested quietly in my arms, I thought about the dream, trying to understand the pieces that I could remember, and I knew that there was something that we were still missing, only I didn’t know what it was.While Elisabeth was steadfast in her religious beliefs, I wasn’t.I believed in God, but not like she did.So, where she’d never sacrifice herself for me, trusting in the bigger picture, I couldn’t say the same thing.If it came down to Elisabeth or humanity, I’d choose Elisabeth.After all, she was the only person that I couldn’t live without.Even when I thought about everyone else in my life, she was the only endgame that I could see.
“I love you,” she repeated tiredly.
“I love you, baby,” I replied, praying that it was going to be enough.
Chapter 21
Elisabeth~
Even though I’d only gotten a few hours of sleep last night, I’d still been able to do my job effectively well, which I should probably thank med school for.I had chosen a profession that didn’t favor sleep or rest, so while there was a good chance that I’d be crashing early and hard this evening, right now, I was good.
I had also managed to get a lot done, refusing to neglect my patients and responsibilities, even when you considered that I probably had a good enough excuse to do so.Nevertheless, I needed to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground, and even if this might all come to an end, these people needed my help now, and that’s what they were going to get.
It had also helped when a food delivery had reached me at noon, and it’d been my first honest laugh in days.Admittedly, Lazarus and his need to take care of me had come out of nowhere, but I was okay with the man wanting to take on the responsibility.There was just too much going on, and there was also no glory in fighting something alone.
At any rate, it was close to four, and with the rest of my day nothing but paperwork, I was back at Luther Daxton’s door, both eager and afraid of what he had to tell me.Now that I knew the truth, I had a feeling that Luther would know it, too.I had a feeling that he was going to be able to see the change as soon as he saw me, and maybe that was a good thing.
I knocked twice before opening the door, and the second that Luther saw who it was walking into the room, he smiled in a way that sent shivers down my spine.However, he didn’t feel dangerous to me, just...aware.
“Dr.Batya,” he greeted as he went to go sit on his bed, leaving me the chair like last time.
“Luther,” I greeted back.“It’s good to see you well.”
“God came to me again last night,” he announced.“He said that it’s time.”
Biting the bullet, I asked, “Are you sure that it was God and not Gabriel?Ramiel, perhaps?”
His brows immediately furrowed in thought.“Well, I suppose that it could be.”
