How the hell am I going to make this right?
7
BRIELLE
I couldn’t control my laughter, or the bubbly feeling of “holy fucking shit” that rose up from my toes and infected the marrow of my bones. Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t stop.
A fucking twin?
Were they serious with that bullshit?
What a pathetic attempt at an excuse.
The mountainous human being in front of me lumbered away as feeling rushed to the tips of my fingers. I thought it would feel freeing. I thought I’d rejoice. That I’d get up on my feet, shake my ass, and rejoice to the heavens. But the pain was rather excruciating.
And by “rather excruciating,” I meant that I would have accepted the big man snapping my fucking neck compared to it.
“Good God,” I groaned as I leaned over.
“I gotcha,” someone whispered, before they yelled directly into my ear. “Mav! I need some help in here!”
Footsteps sounded quickly down the hallway before I heard his friendly voice. “Gimme the food. You get her.”
“Where the hell did Axe go?” the bodiless voice asked.
“They burn,” I choked out.
I heard so many foreign sounds. Things clinking and clattering together. Water steamed up from the bath that kept filling. My body shook with the pain radiating up my legs. It felt like someone was trying to pull my toes out of their sockets.
“What’s happening to me?” I asked breathlessly.
“Hey, can you look up at me?”
I tilted my head back as far as it could go and saw him. Mav. The guy that fed me that food.
“You,” I said softly.
He grinned. “Me. Your hands and feet hurt because your blood is rushing to it all at once.”
I swallowed hard. “Who’s holding me, then?”
Mav perched beside me. “That’s Dante. He’s just holding you steady, so you don’t fall into the water.”
My gaze danced along his baby face. “And the big guy? That was—”
“Axton,” Mav said with a head nod.
“Water’s ready,” Dante said.
Mav scooped me into his arms. “You get the tray of food, Dee. I’ll get her into this bath.”
I looked down. “But my clothes.”
“Do you want them off?”
I peeked up at Mav’s face. “Do you usually take baths with your clothes on?”
He placed me back down onto my feet. “We can give you some privacy to get undressed if you wish.”
