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She’s broken.
I snatch my cell phone off the nightstand and rush downstairs, the flashback pulling me down, down, down…
The second I shove through the lobby doors, I’m hailing a taxi and forcing myself to calm the fuck down. Before the car’s even stopped moving, I’m diving into the backseat, my heart thundering against my ribcage. My voice shakes as I instruct the driver to take me back to Divinity Falls, back to the place where so much pain was born, the place that’s haunted my every breath.
The man who’s tried time and time again to destroy me.
The taxi driver raises an eyebrow at my desperation, offering me a sympathetic nod. "Four hours to Divinity Falls," he warns, "and it won't come cheap."
“I don’t give a shit about the cost,” I snap, pulling my wallet from my jeans. I flick through the thick stack of bills from clients I took this past week and pull them all out, shoving them into his shocked hands.
“This is too—”
My voice cracks when I speak again and I wish I had the energy to berate myself for it, but I don’t. I can’t.
“You can have it all,” I rasp, leaning into the seat, my fists clenching against the worn leather. “Just hurry. Please.”
He gives me a firm nod and shoves the cash back into my lap. “Hold on.”
I release a long, shaking exhale and pick up my phone, calling Eve. Her phone goes straight to voicemail and my stomach rolls. I rub my jaw and call her again.
And again.
And again.
And again.
I don’t know why I expect anything different to happen, but with each call that goes unanswered, my gut sinks further and my mind grows darker.
If he’s hurt her, I’ll kill him. If he’s laid even one finger on Eve, I’ll destroy him. I’ll make him wish he was never born.
I’m at the point that I no longer care what happens to me. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her. Eve says I’m her hard line, but she’s my only line. Every other one doesn’t matter and if they did, I’d cross them all just to get to her.
I’d kill and go to jail for murder, knowing in my gut that I did the right thing. I’d happily let his blood spill out beneath my fingers, feel the air drain from his lungs, watch him choke on his own pleas for forgiveness. I’d do it and so much more, all the while smiling as I forced him to repent.
I’ll become the demon he always swore I was and force him back to the hell that created him. And if it comes to it, I’ll die at his side and drag him there myself.
I lose track of how many times I call her, but as the sun starts to peek out over the horizon, I know it’s no use. Instead, I call a different number. The sign for Divinity comes into focus as I bring my cell up to my ear with a trembling hand.
“What the fuck, man?” Chase grumbles, his voice heavy with sleep. “It’s like—” He breaks off and I swallow around rocks, my eyes taking in the scenery without actually seeing it. “Like early as shit. Sun’s not even out.”
Silence stretches between us, my mouth opening and closing.
What do I even say?
She left me, again.
She went after him, again.
She walked into danger, again.
But that’s not why she went, right? Not really. No. She went for me. Because I’m her line and my abuse is unforgivable.
She wants to defend me.
She loves me so much, she’d rather die than see me hurt.
The last few lines of her note flit through my mind and panic surges inside me so hard, so fast, I feel like I might pass out. I shoot upright in my seat, the car swimming around me. The driver looks at me in the rearview mirror as he takes the turn down a familiar, long road, but I see nothing.
