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It came.
The blinding white.
A white so bright I saw nothing else.
Not the darkened cell they’d kept me in.
Not their faces.
Their cruel fucking faces.
LET ME TAKE IT FOR YOU! the beast howled.
My jaw was so tight my teeth cracked.
Brown eyes. Brown eyes. Hold on. Please, hold onto her.
Browneyesbrowneyesbrowneyes…
I couldn’t let go of her.
YOU’RE GOING TO DIE! The beast slammed against its cell. DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU. WILL. DIE HERE!
I held on to the memory of her tighter than I held onto the chains.
The warmth of her fingers.
The throaty sound of her laugh.
Colt, she whispered in my mind. I love you.
“WHAT IS HE PLANNING?” Hale’s roar followed.
Let me take it, the beast demanded. I can do this. I did it before when you needed me. I can do it now.
But that was when I was a kid, when I didn’t know better. Now I did. I’d lost myself when he came. Time. My memories. Those brown eyes filled my mind. I closed my eyes, remembering the scent of soap on her skin.
If I let him take over, I’d lose again…only this time I’d lose her. My…Wildcat.
Agony stabbed deep, finding a nerve somewhere inside that made my legs dance and my spine bow backwards.
LET ME TAKE IT FOR YOU! The beast slammed against the confines of its cell.
I shook my head.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
The falling blood blurred.
“I know you can talk!” Hale bellowed. “I don’t care that everyone calls you a dumb mute bastard, you’ll tell me what I want to know. WHY DID YOU KILL OPHELIA!”
Drip.
Drip.
