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Bree kisses her forehead and spins around to accept Alex’s hug. They embrace for a long minute, talking in hushed tones.
They pass without speaking. Alex nods toward me again while Bree keeps her gaze to the floor. Silence is better than yelling, I guess.
With them gone, I return to my original spot next to my angel. Ready to convince Seraphina when she wakes up that regardless of how we got together, we’re staying together.
I grasp her hand and she startles, her eyes flickering open.
“Bree?”
“No angel it’s me.”
The struggle is too much, and her lids sink shut. “Balthazar.”
From her whisper, I can’t tell if she’s thrilled or disgusted to see me. “She left but she’ll be back to check on you later.”
“You’re here.”
I stroke over her pale cheek. “I’m always here. Because regardless of how we started, we’re finishing together.”
“We started wrong.”
Too drowsy to mask her feelings, she reveals the truth of her trepidation. At least now I finally know and can eliminate her fear. “Maybe. But it doesn’t matter now. The only thing that matters is that I love you.”
She snuggles into my palm on face. For the first time since this nightmare began, she’s welcomed my touch.
“I love you too.”
Then she’s out. I kiss her forehead and sit back as my father and brother return. We love her together, and we’ll wait together.
Seraphina
When I open my eyes again, I need a minute to figure out where I am in the darkness. A steady beep drones near my head and squiggly lines roll across a screen by a tall silver pole.
The hospital.
Oh yeah. I’m less groggy this time, and thankfully the ache in my head is finally gone. Only my throat hurts a little and the crook of my arm feels pinched from the tape stretched across my skin.
I try to touch my tender neck but can’t lift my arms from Balthazar and Gaspar, asleep in chairs on each side of me, holding my hands. Melchior dozes at the foot of my bed with his fingers wrapped around my leg, clutching the anklet he gave me.
I’ve been here for days, and they’ve been with me the entire time.
I’ve never been alone. They’ve never left.
Not once.
Anytime I’ve woken up, at least two of them have been here.
Ensuring I feel loved and protected as if I’m the center of their world just like Gaspar promised.
And Bree finally admitted. Not that she knows about him being my Daddy, but she acknowledged Balthazar loves me despite how much the idea worries her. She must have been really scared to see me injured like this for her to make that confession to me.
Ironic how the only person against our relationship finally approves, and now I’m the one who questions things.
From London’s drunk comments I feared they thought I was only good enough to be a girlfriend, minimizing everything I aspired for myself and my goals.
I guess they don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Neither of them has ever belittled my position or tried to get me to quit. I mean they’ve both praised me for doing a good job, even going so far as to tell me how great London thinks I’m doing.
Now as things become clearer, I see the panic that’s been consuming all three of them from me shutting them out. They wouldn’t be scared of losing me if they didn’t truly love me.
