Tirade
“There was a dark figure next to me, but I knew I was safe. I could feel the heat radiating from him and I knew it meant only one thing.
“Sam,” I murmured, reaching for him, curling into his chest and burying my face in his neck. My tears felt cold compared the heat of his skin and I pressed even closer. Only his arms didn’t come around me. There was no faint peppermint scent.
This wasn’t Sam.
I yanked back and rubbed at my swollen eyes. His eyes looked pained and for once, slightl...y vulnerable. “Riley?”
“Sorry I wasn’t who you were expecting.”
I fell back onto the bed, realizing I was in Sam’s tiny rental. I smelled the metallic, bitter scent of blood and memories came flooding back. I shot up, yelling, “Colin!”
“He’s dead,” Riley said flatly.
“How did I get here? I just left him there!”MoreLess
“Sam,” I murmured, reaching for him, curling into his chest and burying my face in his neck. My tears felt cold compared the heat of his skin and I pressed even closer. Only his arms didn’t come around me. There was no faint peppermint scent.
This wasn’t Sam.
I yanked back and rubbed at my swollen eyes. His eyes looked pained and for once, slightl...y vulnerable. “Riley?”
“Sorry I wasn’t who you were expecting.”
I fell back onto the bed, realizing I was in Sam’s tiny rental. I smelled the metallic, bitter scent of blood and memories came flooding back. I shot up, yelling, “Colin!”
“He’s dead,” Riley said flatly.
“How did I get here? I just left him there!”MoreLess
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