We were a sweaty mess of panting bodies as we fucked the memories and demons out of Ariel.
When she collapsed on top of me after screaming and shuddering out her release there were tears streaming out of the corners of her eyes and running down her cheeks.
“Love you both,” she whispered as I reached up and wiped her tears away.
“Always,” Trenton whispered back. “More than words can ever express.”
“Forever,” I promised her and she smiled sweetly down at me.
“Forever,” she agreed.
20
Harmony
Ariel
Idid not appreciate the looks both Romero and Finn had given me when I showed up at their door asking for my father.
Judgemental.
Severe disapproval.
The worst one of them all… disappointment.
I loved them for my dad but it really wasn’t their place to judge me.
Thankfully they both kept their mouths shut and pointed me in the direction of where I could find Rain.
He was sitting, ass to the sand, down on the lake shore.
He looked so peaceful I almost didn’t want to disturb him with even more of my bullshit. Almost, but not quite, because I needed to get this over with so we could move past it.
I wasn’t going home with Rain upset with me just so I could then face my coven’s disapproval and displeasure.
I learned a long time ago I’d never be able to please everyone all the time so I had stopped trying. That didn’t mean it sucked any less for me every time it happened.
I sat down in the sand next to my dad and it was quiet between us for a long time as we both stared out at the water.
I probably should have started the conversation off with an apology of sorts but Rain was smart enough to know I really didn’t mean it and we didn’t usually have lies between us.
“She was beautiful,” I whispered. “I remembered her. They were fuzzy memories, but I finally remembered.”
Rain sighed as he picked up a rock and threw it into the lake. “Did it make you feel any better, Ariel, to remember her after all this time?”
I didn’t exactly know how to answer that question. It was a relief to know that she really had loved me. It also sucked because it was a love I’d never be able to return properly because she was dead.
I picked up a rock myself and chucked it into the water. Mine skipped. “There’s nothing about this that’s ever going to make me feel better, Rain. Those memories were bitter sweet at best and absolutely devastating. But I knew they were going to be.”
Rain turned to face me and for once he didn’t hide what he was feeling.
Complete and total devastation.
Heart break.
Rain was absolutely wrecked and he wasn’t attempting to hide it.
“What did you remember?” he asked in a choked voice.
