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ROLLING IN THE DEEP
My back is against the wall, body trapped in by Luke’s strong arms at either side of my head. He leans in, and we’re only an inch or so apart.
“Tell me no, Victoria. Say it now, because I won’t ask again.”
I shake my head. “I want you.”
His head lowers to my neck and he bites down. I cry out at the pleasurable pain as he laps at the wound, drinking from me. The tingling sensation works its way through my body until parts of me become numb.
He’s taking too much.
I squirm underneath his strong hold, as the burn from his bite intensifies.
“Luke,” I call out.
He pulls back, and it’s not the sea-green of Luke’s eyes I’m staring into, but a dark red.
My Luke is gone, and in his place is a monster.
He steps away, wiping away a drop of blood—my blood—that clings to his lips, before he walks away, leaving me dizzy and chilled to the bone.
I crumple to the ground, curled into myself, self-loathing and bitter betrayal crippling me to the point of no return. One of God’s toughest warriors, I was brought to my knees in an instant. Love has always been my downfall. I trusted him not to hurt me.
My broken body is lifted into the arms of a savior I can’t see through my own tears. I’m cradled into a warm, solid chest, and like a child, I coil further into it and continue to weep. All my self-preservation is gone.
Luke finally broke me.
“Vic. Look at me.”
River.
Ineedhim to erase the memory of Lucifer’s treachery. This man, who literally picked me up off the floor, could possibly bring me back to life.
“Can you make me forget him? Do you have that kind of power?”
Lesser beings have been known to harness such capabilities. Maybe he can?
“I can’t do that, Victoria. And you wouldn’t want me to.”
I jerk awake, thrashing my arms to stop an attack that isn’t coming.
It was just a dream.
A very disarming, completely jarring, nightmare.
I’m not even sure where to begin dissecting that monstrosity. From the flip between Luke and River to the totally bizarre vampire twist, that was... strange.
Ugh!
I throw my legs over the side of the bed and head to the attached bathroom. Turning on the cold water, I fill my palms with as much as they will hold and bring it to my face, needing the jolt.
I grab the towel that was hanging on the wall and wipe my face. When I look into the mirror, I cry out at the woman behind me.
“Jesus! What the hell are you doing in here?”
A pale woman with icy blond hair stares at me in the mirror, her dead eyes void of color.
“Your door was unlocked. I knocked, but when you didn’t answer, I came in,” she says in a monotone voice that chills me to my core. “You’ve slept an entire day away.”
