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I didn’t want to think anymore about it right now because it would cripple me and I needed my strength about me if I was going to be able to make it through the day.
I thought I knew what the day had in store for me and I was going to have to open up about what life had been like at the camp and basically everything that I was never supposed to speak about.
I didn’t want to go there but with everyone being dead I wasn’t going to allow myself to be a coward like I usually was.
I looked around the room and had to rub at my eyes to make sure they weren’t playing tricks on me.
But, no, they weren’t and what I had seen appeared to be the real thing.
The whole coven was spread out across the room. Most of them were sitting on the floor with their backs propped up against the wall and they were sleeping. Liam was stretched out across the foot of the bed and I was thankful he hadn’t tried to get into bed beside me to sleep because that might have freaked me out just a little bit to wake up to.
My stomach rumbled and I knew I couldn’t stay in here in this bed for much longer. I was starving and if I didn’t eat soon I’d end up with no energy and I’d probably end up forced to spend more time back in this comfortable bed.
As much as I wanted to spend more time in this room with them where it was safe and comfortable I couldn’t do it.
I still couldn’t believe they were all in here with me.
I carefully climbed out of bed and tiptoed my way into the bathroom. I did my business quickly and wrapped a pretty white silk robe around myself after washing my hands and splashing some water on my face.
I opened the door and a scream lodged in my throat.
Raven was standing there just staring at me. I must have woken him up somehow.
He grabbed my hand and pulled me along behind him out of the room and down the hallway.
“I’ll make you something to eat,” he murmured to me in a sexy voice rough with sleep. “I wanted you to eat something last night but it seemed more more important to leave you alone and let you get some sleep. Are you feeling any better today?”
I thought about how to answer him as we made our way down the stairs. I didn’t want to lie to him. “I’m going to be okay. I just feel a little empty right now. I think I might have cried out all of my emotions last night and I might still be a little bit in shock or something. I just can’t believe they’re all dead. I really am all alone in the world now.”
He stopped abruptly and turned to face me. He gently cupped my cheeks in his big hands. “You’re here now and you’re never going to be alone again. Your life is never going to go back to anything like that. You have people now and you’ll always be protected. You don’t have anything to worry about now.”
It was the strangest thing but I actually believed him.
He leaned in and gently brushed his lips against mine in a chaste kiss. There one second and then gone the next.
He blinked as if he were the one in shock here. “Sorry. I can’t seem to help myself. I’ll try to do better. Finn’s in the living room, I can feel him. I’ll go get started on breakfast.”
He let me go and practically ran away from me, leaving me standing there speechless watching his back as he retreated to the kitchen.
Just what in the hell was going on around here? My life was very quickly becoming out of my control and I liked this part of it a whole lot, which surprised me and scared the crap out of me at the same time.
I brushed my fingertips over my bottom lip. I wanted more of his sweet kisses. I kind of wanted them all to kiss me.
What was the matter with me? These types of thoughts and feelings had been forbidden to ever act upon.
Then again so had a lot of things and that was no longer my way of life. I needed to start living in my new world and embracing it to the fullest.
Finn was in the living room on the couch, all by himself. The tv was on but he wasn’t watching it. Instead he was staring off out the window with a blank look on his face.
“Finn,” I called out quietly as I sat on the couch with him, not close enough to be within touching distance or anything.
I didn’t have a problem with Finn but I didn’t know him anymore. And he’d been gone so long I wasn’t entirely sure I’d come to terms with him being alive yet.
People didn’t just come back from the dead out of nowhere.
He looked at me and did a slow blink, as if he was just waking up from a dream or something. “I’m sorry, Autumn. Did you say something?”
Finn was clearly out of it and I almost felt bad for disturbing him. We all deserved our peace when we needed it.
