Voracious (The Edge of Darkness, #2)

by Leigh Rivers

Somehow, I fall asleep, and if I had to give up everything in the world for this, I would. I’d give it all up for Stacey.

I give Stacey one last look, even though I want to be the one holding her hair back and head up in her condition. I want to be the one caring for her.

“Never doubt how I feel about you again, got it?” I

“Are you going to be my forever, Freckles?” She nods, and we both break into a smile, giggling, and kissing as I press her against the cave wall before dragging her back to where we’re staying.

“Did I hurt you?” he asks.

Because not only is she my weakness, but she’s also my strength – my main reason for continuing, the air to my fucking lungs. When I’m around her, I feel like the person I was before – the teenager who fell in love with a beautiful girl and had no idea how to handle the emotion. The kid who always looked at her, even before I kissed her for the first time.

I’m going to be a girl-dad. A mini-Stacey by my side – my little princess.

It seems she has no idea how much I’m obsessed with her. Not just with her looks, but her heart, her fucking soul.

My lungs sting, shrivelling from lack of oxygen, and my muscles go limp, the pressure in my head halting, and my vision goes blurry. If I die, at least I’ll get to be with my angel.

She’s the only memory in my head that’s holding me in place. My anchor.

Look at me now, my little princess. Daddy’s gone, and he’s never coming back.