Death And the Girl Next Door
“Jared had changed history, had broken one of his laws, for himself? “You act like you’ve done something bad.”
“You don’t understand,” he said, the full outline of his mouth thinning in disappointment, “you couldn’t possibly. It’s wonderful, the place you would have gone. You cannot imagine how wonderful. And I took that away from you. I have risked everything.” He peeked at me. “I have risked your very soul.”
Though I could hardly agree, I had to ask, “Then why?”
“Because if you had died, I wou...ld never have seen you again. You would have gone to Heaven, a place I have not been for a very long time.”
My heart stilled in my chest. I couldn’t believe what he’d just said. A supernatural being changed history just to see me. Me.
Wait, he’d been to Heaven?
The tense hostility held barely in check by Cameron broke free. He picked up his rifle. “I’d say that’s reason enough to send you back.”
Prepared for such a reaction, Brooklyn struggled to pull a pistol from her coat pocket.MoreLess
“You don’t understand,” he said, the full outline of his mouth thinning in disappointment, “you couldn’t possibly. It’s wonderful, the place you would have gone. You cannot imagine how wonderful. And I took that away from you. I have risked everything.” He peeked at me. “I have risked your very soul.”
Though I could hardly agree, I had to ask, “Then why?”
“Because if you had died, I wou...ld never have seen you again. You would have gone to Heaven, a place I have not been for a very long time.”
My heart stilled in my chest. I couldn’t believe what he’d just said. A supernatural being changed history just to see me. Me.
Wait, he’d been to Heaven?
The tense hostility held barely in check by Cameron broke free. He picked up his rifle. “I’d say that’s reason enough to send you back.”
Prepared for such a reaction, Brooklyn struggled to pull a pistol from her coat pocket.MoreLess
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