Fangs, Fate & Other Bad Decisions novel Chapter 88

Chapter 88

The world feels like it’s tilting at a dangerous angle as I watch my palm close up in front of my eyes, the edges of the wound slowly knitting together with something akin to dark magic. The skin pulls taut, the blood fading into nothing, leaving behind only the faintest trace of where there was once pain as a comforting warmth sinks into the very fabric of my being

I look at my hand, turning it over in disbelief, but the rhythmic beat of my pulse is still there, steady, strong, and unyielding. Everything I Thought I knew about myself feels like it’s cracking and splintering at the edges.

The wound on my hand vanishes in the same eerie way my brain keeps trying to deny the reality of what just happened.

And yet, despite everything, what really keeps making my stomach tighten is how fucking hot and bothered I feel. The way the few drops of blood he drew from me made my skin flush and my body react. Like it craved more. Like, I couldn’t get enough of it. Of him. The image of his fangs sinking into my wrist is burned into my mind, overlaid with the all–consuming heat in my chest.

I wasn’t prepared for the way my body felt in that moment, as if every nerve was suddenly alive with a hunger I didn’t understand.

I look away from my hand and try to focus on something else. Anything else. My gaze drifts to Mike, who has been silently watching me from across the room where he stands next to Griffin, his posture relaxed but alert, as if he’s used to this brand of chaos.

1,clear my throat, trying to sound more like myself. Like the Harley who can make jokes, throw shade, and keep it all together even if right now, the only thing keeping me from completely falling apart is the thin sliver of strength I’m clinging to “Mike,” I start, my voice coming out quieter than I want it to. “Can I trust him?”

What I really mean is, can I trust this? I need something solid to hold on to, even if it’s just one tether in a sea of uncertainty.

Mike doesn’t even hesitate. He doesn’t look away, and he doesn’t pause to second–guess his answer. He just meets my gaze head–on, steady and sure. And when he speaks, his words are laced with the kind of gravity that makes my chest tighten. “Ir Thane says he’ll keep you safe, he would burn the world down before letting you get hurt.” His voice drops lower, almost like he’s letting something far more profound than friendship slip through. “Even if it should be by his own hand.”

His words hit me like a wave, sweeping over the last of the defenses I’ve built up, and my heart stutters in my chest–my chest that feels tight. Like it’s been handed too much air and too much information, and I can’t find a way to process it all

“Thane would do that for me?” I whisper with my eyes still locked onto his, even though I know the answer already.

Mike just nods, and even though his face is unreadable, his eyes tell me everything he’s not able to put into words.

“Yeah,” Mike finally says, his voice soft yet resounding. “Thane would burn down every bridge, every kingdom, and every last bit of himself to keep you from getting hurt.”

i look down at my hands again, as I fold, unfold, and refold them in my lap like they can somehow give me the answers I don’t have.

I didn I ask for any of this. I didn’t ask for a vampire to step into my life and show me a world I don’t understand. A world I’m still trying to ignore, futilely hoping it’ll just disappear like a bad dream. But it doesn’t and it won’t. It’s real. And Thane’s real. And the bond we have- whatever the hell it is–is real.

And then, I finally look at Thane, where he’s still kneeling in front of me, so still and quiet it feels like he’s holding his breath, as he waits for me to say something. To make a decision.

But what am I supposed to do with this?

to sctram. I want to throw my hands up in the air and demand that it all make sense. But all I can do is sit here, breathe shallowly, and try to piece myself back together.

vers Beal ones. And I need to know what I’m

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