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No a open the large, ed my way down the corridor toward the exit
Please don’t let hi Fox was still in his bathroo hiht of hi
If he so eysered in le motherly instinct vibrated on overdrive
The second life changing thing happened when I threw open the front door
My heart bucked as I charged from inside to out and skidded to a halt
Oh, my God
No Please let it be a hallucination
It couldn’t be true It couldn’t
Clue swerved to a stop beside me just before Ben hurtled to a standstill next to her "What the hell?" Clue muttered "Care to tell ed like a hundred cavalry My ars were cannons My voice was tru the enemy they were about to die "Get away from her!"
Fox looked up, white eyes wide as I skidded to a stop He didn’t move an inch as I bared my teeth like a feral cat and yanked Clara away from hiainst my body "Ow!"
I’d never felt so sick, so violent, so absolutely ready to draw blood Panting, I shoved her behindher tiny fraht I could care for, the man I secretly wished I could love, and released all my animosity and capsized e? Just because you weren’t able to hurt hter? Sha his head
Clara squir my hold to position herself in front ofthe feet between theround
Her bright, expressive eyes met mine Fear and confusion painted her cheeks "What are you doing,me! We’re friends We shook hands as that’s what new friends do Reravel "He didn’t do anything wrong Leave him alone!"
Her temper was alive and well In a --searching for any sign she was closer to death than she was to life But she practically glowed, looking rosy cheeked and fierce
She’d never been a nor; endless questions and no fear when it ca to everyone
I looked over her head at Fox He hadn’t moved No e of Clara’s tiny hand sed up by Fox’s large one The saled me and held me firm while he fucked me ruthlessly The sas even he couldn’t live with
Ignoring Clara, I hissed, "Fox You heard ain This wasn’t part of the deal"
His eyes caht of his crimes crushed his shoulders with a heavy yoke "I’ his head Coaze "I couldn’t help it I--" His eyes flew to Clara Immediately they swelled with adoration and awe My heart stopped with how--consumed he looked--how cory warrior to soft giant who hung on every word of a child "She--she’s perfect, Zel"
Slowly, he creaked upright, running hands through his hair He shook hi out of hibernation "You’ll never understand how much I hate ies will ever redeem my actions, but please believe me when I say I would never hurt your child" His ive youto Fox’s side My heart ceased to beat as she wrapped her tiny digits through hisinto place
"Can’t you hear? He’s sad You’ve told hiive hi bad, you yell and then you hugFox towardhim andClara stranded between us Our voices blended in a loud co while Clara planted her feet firmly in the pebbles "He’s mine I introduced myself, and we’re friends now I like him, and you’re silly to think he’ll hurt er, so stop being hter, half panic exploded from my mouth How had I raised such an eloquent tyrant? So stubborn and old beyond her years
Clue arrived, jogging to a careful stop besidebetween Fox andokay here?"
Corkscrew appeared behind her, his ebony skin absorbing the sunlight like black ht?"
Fox looked toward hi’s fine" His voice held no sign of what happened, or any of the pain I’d heard when he swore he wouldn’t hurt Clara
His eyes dropped back to Clara, filling once again with a on obsession My heart skipped a beat Almost unconsciously I moved forward and wrapped an arainst th made me rock on my feet, and my attention shot to her Her cheeks were pink, lips red, and eyes full of fire The only sign of her episode was paler than norer she’d just ht both thrilled and terrified I’d been so stubborn when I was young I wanted to wave a ic wand and make everyone happy--save kittens, rescue horant world peace I’d been so stupid to think I had the power to change anyone’s life And Clara wouldn’t live long enough to learn that lesson
Needing to touch her and remindher favourite purple jumper, I asked, "Are you okay? Auntie Clue toldhi it, nor even acknowledging anyone around him
He was completely and utterly besotted
I hated the intensity The single-hter It freaked me out, but also filled me with a s in his gaze
Yearning to be better Longing for soht eyesback to Fox "I just felt tired fro, that’s all I had a nap, and the stupid school called the hospital"