Battle for the Blood
“My heart nearly stopped when I saw that one of the texts was from Nick. I stared at it a minute and then over at Apollo, then back down at the phone, afraid to open the message, but knowing I would anyway.
“What?” Apollo asked, alerted to my emotions through our weird empathic link.
“Nick,” I said, voice strangled.
“What does he say?” Apollo’s voice was carefully neutral.
“I don’t know yet.”
He didn’t say anything to that, and I swallowed down a panic attack. Last I’d heard ...from Nick had been when he said good-bye. In a message left for me at my hotel. Not even a text, something I could have gotten quickly enough to rush to the hospital and try to change his mind. He was going back to the States, he’d said, to get treatment for his extensive burns and to heal. He’d already ended things between us, told me that I was walking a path he couldn’t walk, but I’d hoped that it was the pain talking or the drugs…or anything but the truth.MoreLess
“What?” Apollo asked, alerted to my emotions through our weird empathic link.
“Nick,” I said, voice strangled.
“What does he say?” Apollo’s voice was carefully neutral.
“I don’t know yet.”
He didn’t say anything to that, and I swallowed down a panic attack. Last I’d heard ...from Nick had been when he said good-bye. In a message left for me at my hotel. Not even a text, something I could have gotten quickly enough to rush to the hospital and try to change his mind. He was going back to the States, he’d said, to get treatment for his extensive burns and to heal. He’d already ended things between us, told me that I was walking a path he couldn’t walk, but I’d hoped that it was the pain talking or the drugs…or anything but the truth.MoreLess
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