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“It’s just because I’m your one chance to have sex, isn’t it?” she snarks, and I bark out a laugh.
“Sassy, I like it. No, it’s because you mean something to me. I didn’t even know you were our Eve until…” I trail off as I look down at her arms. Brows knitting, I ask the question we’ve all been thinking. “What happened to you, beautiful? You’re covered in bruises. Please, tell me so I can make sure you’re protected.”
A trembling breath fills her lungs, and my eyes move to hers. She looks confused as she thinks, lifting one of her arms to look at the bruises.
“I can remember pain and crying, but I can’t see their faces. Is that crazy?” she whispers.
'Extreme trauma can cause memory loss', is on the tip of my tongue to tell her, but I don’t. The last thing I want is to make her feel like a statistic, and I don’t know what she’s been through.
“You feel the way you feel,” I murmur, pushing her hair out of her face. “I don’t think you’re crazy. Can you tell me about your daughter?”
Chas’ eyes light up as she smiles. “Angel is beautiful,” she says as she looks into the distance, as if remembering. “She smells like lavender, has soft brown curls that tickle my face when I hold her, and Ash says she looks just like me.”
Smiling at her memories, I ask what I’m thinking, despite the now open hospital room door. “So if I marry you, does that mean Angel can be mine too?”
Jonas decides to walk in with Ash as I ask this, and smirks. “No dice, bro. If she’s going to marry anyone, it’ll be Levi, since he’s the eldest.”
My heart sinks a little as I hear this.I can’t help being younger, but it doesn’t make me want her any less.
Chastity blushes as she looks around the room. “I can’t choose, silly. Maybe I’ll just marry you all,” she murmurs.
Ash snorts as he stares at her. “Even me, Chas?”
Chastity pouts, and I’m enchanted by her. She’s gaining more confidence as she talks to us, and it gives me hope. “I mean… you’re nice to look at, Ash…”
Ash’s jaw drops in surprise as Chastity bursts into giggles.
Tempest walks in slowly, surprised to hear laughter from this room. Seeing it’s really her laughing, she relaxes as she saunters over to Chastity.
“Are you giving these boys hell, babe?” Tempest smirks as she sits next to her. I have no doubt that if there was more room in the bed, Tempest would be the first one in there with her. We all need to be close to her, to reassure ourselves that she’s alive.
Chastity shrugs as she squeezes Tempest’s hand. “I’m here, I’m alive, so I figured I was the best person for it.”
Ash walks over and gently squeezes Chas’ ankle under the covers. “I’m going to request you tease me all of the time. I think I like it.”
Chastity needs time to heal, and we’ll be here through it all, but a part of me feels like she’s healing us too.
JACOB
My father is hiding something from me. Chastity should have been safe at Holy Cross. It’s why I didn’t fight my grandmother when she chose to pull her out of the institution to attend there.
I haven’t been the best brother while I’ve risen to power in The Locked Souls Society, but after this latest incident, I need to do better. There are things happening to my sister, and from now on, I’m taking personal offense to it.
Chastity is off limits.She’s too important to The Society, and if I allow myself to admit it, to me too.
Quietly entering my parents house, I close the door behind me. I moved out as soon as I was able to, mostly because they are unbearable to be around. I also have a boyfriend they aren’t aware of, and I’m quite happy letting them think he’s my roommate.
We all have our secrets, and we are all sinners. I choose to enjoy mine immensely.
Hearing Isabella’s voice, I continue silently into her sitting room. The sun went down a few minutes ago, and no one has turned the lights on in the house, outside of the room she’s in.
“The little whore really thought we were going to hand her a precious baby girl to screw up.” Isabella scowls as she talks to someone on the phone.
My blood slowly runs cold as I realize Angel isn’t with her. Usually, I can hear her playing in the house, or will see the nanny on her way home after putting her to bed.
The house doesn't feel right.
Laughing, Isabella shakes her head at whatever the person says on the other line. “No, Maxie and I tricked Chastity into coming to the city for the weekend, so she could spend time with her daughter. We made her grandmother think she had earned her precious redemption. Instead, we led her into Annie’s Adoption Agency, and told her it was a restaurant we were meeting Jacob and Kara at,” she says.
