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Jaymin Eve
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March 25, 2019 - March 26, 2020
“Thanks for the warning, Asher, but since you don’t get to choose
my friends, let’s just agree to disagree here.”
“I tried so hard to stay away from you, love. Protect you from the fucked-up skeletons in both of our closets. But … we are inevitable. Our love is a true mate bond and I was fighting fate…”
“I was always going to lose.”
“No more secret...
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“I need to go slow. I … it’s going to take me a long time to get back to where we were.”
“protected me for my own good.” Such a bullshit copout.
“And the guys…?” My voice broke, because their betrayal hurt almost as much as Asher’s.
“I wasn’t strong enough to stay away. It’s been killing me. I don’t sleep, I barely eat. I just
train and hunt and research. And in the time I’ve pushed you away, I’ve learned exactly zero about fixing this fucking situation.”
Asher took my hands. “I was dying without you, Maddi.” Me too, without him. Every fucking day.
The moment his arms wrapped around me, I felt it return. Home.
His face was hard for me to read, but his eyes were blazing. “I can’t sleep without you, and … I just couldn’t go home to an empty bed tonight. Not tonight.” My Asher. There he was again.
Then he was gone. Taking my fucking heart with him.
“But … maybe it’s time to consider that the five of them are absolute dumbass dickheads with their heads up their own asses”—she
Calen told me how devastated he’s been … how crushed they’ve all been.
“Be careful, okay. We shouldn’t blindly trust them again. They cut us off so easily, like we were nothing to them. It’s the Atlantean-five, and it always has been.”
Of all the guys, I had forgiven him the most because he’d fought against the rift.
And that was why Axl had my forgiveness. He was good and pure in a way that the rest of us weren’t. “I missed you so much,” I said, letting some of the darker emotions I’d felt leak out.
“Please don’t ever cut me out like that again.”
“It’s too late, then?” he said without inflection. “You don’t trust me? You’ve given up on us.”
“There’s no me without you, Maddison James. I couldn’t give up even if I wanted to.” I needed to hear it. I needed to hear it so badly. And yet… “I just—I just need time. You have to let me adjust to this.”
“Angels is an improvement.” “Fifty percent tyrant,”
“Louis or Ty can get us back here in a second. Don’t hesitate to call us. Girl gang for life.”
“Stop fighting fate,”
point in wasting time. No matter how long you think your life is, you never know what tomorrow will bring. Don’t waste any more time.”
“Ignoring reality does not make it disappear,”
“All that happens is that you’re woefully underprepared for the reality when it hits.” He touched my arm and I was too stunned to shake him off. “It always hits, Maddi. That’s the truth.”
Jesse wrapped his arms around me, hauling me up into his chest, and a sob rattled through me. I hadn’t hugged Jesse since they left me. And this hug felt really fucking good.
“I’ve missed you,” he said hoarsely, and I tried to answer, but I couldn’t make the words happen. “I’ve missed you,” I finally said. I’ve died a million deaths since you were taken from me.
“I’m sorry,” he murmured, “I’m so fucking sorry. I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I need you to know that I will never stop working toward the moment you trust me again. If you need more space, I’ll give it to you. But I’m never going away.”
I snuggled even closer, needing more. “No more space,” I said into his chest. “I trust you.” He pulled back and I briefly mourned the loss. “You don’t,” he started softly. “Not completely … but you will.”
“You’re my soul, Maddison James. I’m not letting you wander around unprotected.”
“I know you can take care of yourself, but it gives me peace of mind to know I have your back.” It gave me peace of mind too.
“I wanted you to tell me. The moment you did, I knew we were on the right path back to trust. To everything.”
“I won’t let her touch you. I don’t care now what I have to do. I won’t let anything come between us again.”
“I love you,” she said, dropping her head to my shoulder, and I tried really hard not to think of this as our goodbye confessions.
If there is one truth that all who wield power should learn, it’s that time is their enemy. Eventually time will catch up to you. With age. Or if not age, then with power. No one stays the most powerful forever.
Checks and balances are what keeps the world turning. The gods rule today. But their balance is coming. The Hellbringers. In a realm beyond this one. Waiting for their freedom. It will take those born of two worlds. Those with ties to more than one race. Those who have a bond beyond life and death. They will return the balance. The Mother and the Father of all. The demons that bind them. The freedom of all. Atlantis is our gateway, and it will always hold the secrets. The stairs are long and narrow. The path is short and windy. The end is near when the breath of frost brushes down spines and
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Okay, so breaking news: gods were fucking gross.
I was thinking pretty hard about it, my hands itching for a trident. I’d grown quite fond of those big forks.
Spinning, I shoved Sonaris away. “Don’t fucking touch me, numb nuts, or I’ll cut you.”
“Fuck, love, you scared the hell out of me.”
“Pain is not finishing what you just started.”
“I love you,” I said. “I love you so much,” he returned. “I know I have a lot to make up for, Mads, and I promise, I’m not going to stop trying.”
I was so blessed. That was the only reason the year of purple was going down as a favorite as well. All my relationships had deepened this year.
“Hey, Mads,” he said. “You look like a wet dream and bad mistake all wrapped up in one purple package.”
“Gorgeous,” he said softly, “you’re a fucking sight.” I chuckled against him. “Thanks, Jess.”
The year of aqua was the year I would destroy the gods. If it was the last thing I did.
