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The first thing I saw was a pretty farmhouse with a wraparound porch.
The second was the cheery red barn surrounded by rolling green hills.
“Where are we?” I asked, my voice laden with drowsiness.
“It’s a surprise.” Bryce parked the Jeep in the back of the red building and cut the engine, hopping out before I’d fully roused myself.
“I don’t like surprises,” I mumbled.
He pounded on the barn door with his fist and signaled for me to get out.
Releasing a weary sigh, I climbed out of the car and went to join him, stretching as I walked.
The rear doors of the Jeep opened at the same time, and I almost jumped out of my skin. I’d forgotten there were acolytes in the backseat. They hadn’t uttered a single word the entire drive.
They walked off together, taking a path that ran along the side of the barn.
When I reached Bryce’s side, he turned slightly towards me.
“It would be for the best if you didn’t mention how the child demised,” he said quietly.
His words confirmed what I’d originally suspected. The baby was gone.
“I don’t know how he…”I swallowed around the sudden lump in my throat and looked down to hide my pensive expression.
“Then you are very fortunate,” he stated somberly. “Tell him it was stillborn.”
“And what’s the truth?”
“That it was stillborn.”
No more words were said between us. He straightened just as the large barn door swung inward.
I lifted my head and had to blink twice. I didn’t notice the smell, the bodies, or the man who was practically standing in front of me.
All I saw was him.
The crazy redhead who kept trespassing in my thoughts.
His eyes met mine and whispered they were going to drag me to the darkest pits of hell.
My stupid irrational heart immediately responded, “Yes, please,” and I instantly knew I was screwed.
PART TWO
Oh, heaven knows
We belong way down below.
Chapter Ten
BLUE
How can one look make someone feel so damn much?
It was enough to paralyze me.
It was enough to take away all the bad for a few blissful heartbeats.
