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With a weird mix of pain, fear, love, and contentment filling my heart, I finally let sleep claim me, confident that together, we can face any more battles and challenges that come our way.
The journey I took to get here might be unusual at best, but it turns out that it’s where I belong.
Being in Reid’s manor, being with him, Julian, and Mav.
It’s exactly where I’m meant to be.
This mission we’re in the middle of, it’s why I was never successful in my escape plan that night all those years ago.
Sure, being anywhere other than the Creek has its plus points, but in all honesty, I’m pretty sure that if I’d managed to leave, it wouldn’t have been long before I returned.
It might be hell, but it’s the only place—the only home—I’ve ever known.
If I knew that in only a handful of years, I’d be right here, up on the hill in the manor about to stand by the side of the men who are on the cusp of taking control.
Reid is finally going to take his place as king with JD and Mav right by his side.
Does that make me the queen…
17
REID
Iwas about to go up in search of him when the distant sound of footsteps hit my ears.
That was all I needed to hear to know that she’d gone for him. I also knew that she’d be the one he’d want.
Sending him for his yearbooks was an asshole move. But we need them.
If we’re right about this Kimberly chick then we need facts. And he has the photographic evidence we need.
But when they don’t appear over an hour later, my curiosity, along with my need to rest, gets the better of me.
I power down my computer, switch all the lights off and head upstairs.
Ignoring Mav and Alana’s room, I head straight for J’s, predicting that the two of them will be curled up together in his bed. But I quickly discover that I’m wrong.
The bed might be a mess—this is JD’s room after all. But it’s more than obvious that it hasn’t been slept in… or rolled around on.
A light coming from the closet gives me a clue as to where they are. But the silence surprises me.
I soon understand though because the second I push the door open and step inside, I find that they’re both fast asleep on the floor.
Alana is deliciously naked, giving me an idea about what happened in here before they passed out. That alone with the scent of sex in the air, of course. My eyes scan over her pale skin, the dip of her waist and the fullness of her hips.
She’s still got a way to go before she’s back to her former self, but her curves are beginning to return.
Guilt niggles that I’m partly to blame. I kept her locked up like a criminal and withheld food.
I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive myself for the way I treated her down there. But at the same time, it’s something I never want to change.
The beginning of this… this thing we’ve all found here was unique. It suits us. Just like this crazy relationship we’ve fallen into.
Being normal would be too boring for all of us. It’s probably why we’ve never settled down before—Mav and Alana aside. But it’s not exactly like they can claim that they coupled up in a way that’s expected.
I stand there watching as their chests rise and fall, and they continue to cling to each other as if they’ll drown without the other. My limbs get heavier and heavier, my need for sleep unignorable.
I’ve barely slept since we got back here. Everything else has been more important than resting.
