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My Reign.
She glances at the truck then to me, and something hardens in her gaze as I gape at her.
A firm yank tugs me into her waiting arms, and the truck barrels down on us. Now we both stand in its path. Her arms wrap tightly around me, her face pressed to my chest, ready for the hit.
She came for me.
She saved me.
No!
She can’t die like this. With a burst of energy, I throw us as far as I can, turning midair so I land on my back, grunting as I hit the hard sidewalk. The truck avoids us by inches and skids to a stop down the road.
For a moment, all I hear is my racing heart, and then yells invade the silence.
“Dal!” Raff, Astro, and Cillian are all shouting. “Reign!” They rush to us, checking us over, but she pushes their hands away, shaking in my arms as she sits up.
“Reign?” I murmur. The sound of my voice seems to break her out of whatever stupor she was in.
“You’re okay, you’re okay,” she says, running her hands over me. “You chose to live. You’re okay.” She meets my eyes, and I see tears splashing down her face. “How could you? How could you do that to me?” Her fists pound against my chest. The sharp pain feels so good. It reminds me that I’m alive. How could I ever miss the beauty in the sweet agony? “How could you ever try to leave me? You selfish bastard! How could you do that?” she screams, hitting me.
I feel something hit my cheek so I touch my face, and as I pull my finger away, I see a teardrop.
I’m crying.
“Reign,” I rasp.
“You bastard!” she screams, hitting on me. “You selfish bastard.” Her sobs cut into her words as she collapses against my chest. “How could you let me lose someone else? Haven’t I lost enough? How could you?”
Crying with her, I hold her tight, understanding for the first time that emotions are not easy to control but they mean we’re alive.
“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Reign,” I murmur, shame filling me.
“You fucking bastard,” she sobs, pulling away.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” I repeat. “I thought you were better off without me. It was just a second, but I was so stupid. I’m so fucking sorry.”
She scoots away from me, wrapping her arms around herself.
“Reign,” Raff says, shaken. “Are you okay? Please, baby.”
“What were you thinking?” Astro roars at us. “You,” he seethes at me before turning to Reign. “And you. What were you thinking?”
“I wasn’t,” she whispers, her eyes on me. “I couldn’t let him die, but I can’t forgive you either.”
A shadow falls over us, and we all glance up to see a terrified-looking Beck.
“Reign, are you okay?” Beck asks, shooting me a watery glare as she takes Reign’s hands and pulls her to her side. I watch Reign shake in the embrace, her eyes on me.
“If you ever want me to forgive you, you will never pull something like that again. Do you understand, Dal?” she snaps.
Nodding stiffly, I watch as Beck glares at me and leads her away.
“I’m going to make sure she’s okay.” Cillian shoots me a look. “If you ever pull something like that again, I’ll kill you myself.” He smacks my back. “She needs you, brother. We need you. Don’t ever forget that.”
“It was just all too much,” I admit. “It hurt too much, and then I realized it would stop. No more pain, no more worry, no more nightmares—”
“And you’d be dead,” Astro roars. “Then what? We’d be in pain, filled with shame and guilt until it killed us. Did you think of that? Did you even care, you prick?”
