Deni
“I’ll do it,” I say with my heart slamming hard against my chest. I breathe in a calming breath even though I feel like screaming. I can’t believe that thing is inside me…
Oh goddess…this can’t be happening. I thought it was dead…I really thought it was dead when Michaelson died.
But it…
I touch my chest as if I can touch it inside me.
I don’t feel any change or any presence within me.
I…
Why didn’t it show itself from the moment it slipped inside me?
I could have…
What could I have done? There is no way to fight this thing. My whole body shakes, and my knees buckle as I almost stumble to the floor. I whimper as Haven’s arms come around me and hold me steady.
“Maybe we shouldn’t be doing this,” I hear him say.
No. I push away from him shaking my head.
“If there is
