Ashes (The Boys of Chapel Crest, #2)

by K.G. Reuss

“Well, that’s the problem. You can’t touch my forever girl and then think you won’t be punished for it.” “A-Andrews touches her. The w-watchers touch her—“ “She wants them to, though,” I snapped, hating the truth, but knowing it nonetheless. I’d seen. I knew.

“What do we do when we feel like we can’t breathe, brother?” “W-we fucking do it anyway,” he answered in a shaky voice. “And what do we do when we get lost in the darkness?”

“W-we become the darkness.” He breathed out, the trembling slowing in his body. “Right. And what do we do when we need help?” “We t-trust each other to protect our sanity.”

“You’re gone, aren’t you?” I whispered, caressing her cheek. “You fucking left me, didn’t you?” I bit back a sob. “Everyone leaves me. But you know what, specter?” I leaned in and put my lips to her ear, my tears falling into her hair. “I’m never leaving you. You are my love. My fucking obsession. And the next time you leave me, we’ll go in body bags together. I fucking promise you.”

We must hold on. Don’t let go. For Rinny. We suffer in silence for our forever girl. Retribution will come once she’s ours again. . .

“Trust the process. Don’t trust me. I’m crazy.”