Page 30 of Vows From Hell

My hips were still moving, and with one last suck, I came undone on his tongue. Even in this situation, he didn’t let go of me until I got down of the high and until he’d sucked all the juices from me.

“Why the fuck did he have to come now?”

Micah rose to his feet quickly and started rummaging through the closet. It didn’t take him too long to return with some ropes and two guns.

“Take it.’’ He gave me one of the guns. “If you think it’s necessary, shoot. Until then, stay here and let me deal with him for the time being.’’

I tried standing up, but my knees gave in.

Micah caught me and put me back on the bed.

“This is why I’m telling you to stay put.’’

I swallowed a knot that formed in my throat. “I want to see if this motherfucker really tried to use me.’’

“And you will. But I need to make sure he’s not a threat to your safety first.’’

The thought of Micah going alone to deal with him made my stomach drop. I was afraid something would happen to him, yet I couldn’t help him. If anything, I’d just get in his way.

“Promise me you won’t get hurt.’’

Briefly, it was silent. That small moment managed to get me anxious. My palms sweated, and my mind went blank. This terrible feeling wasn’t going away. Something bad was going to happen.

Micah chuckled. “Me? Don’t worry.’’

He kissed the top of my head, his lips lingering on my hair for a moment longer than necessary. Almost as if his anxiety was matching mine. When he turned around and started leaving the room, it terrified me.

The key was on the inside, and with the cold weapon in my hands, I started to panic. Too many things could go wrong and there wasn’t a thing I could do to prevent it. I still had no idea what exactly Micah wanted to do with Kyle or how it would end.

I was panicking.

My mind went into overdrive. The thoughts were starting to eat me alive.

Because as soon as I heard the front door open and close, gunshots echoed in the room. With each shot being fired, my heart skipped a beat.

And that was when I realized…

Micah didn’t promise me. 

X

MICAH

Too many things had changed in the past three years.

I did my best.

I tried to leave my Bambi alone, to let her live the life she deserved. I stayed away from her, watching her from the shadows, hoping that soon enough, she was going to forget all about me.

It meant that I couldn’t remain selfish.

Yet, she didn’t.

Instead, she was desperate to see me again. She was yearning for my touch, my presence — to be by my side. My resolve flew out of the window the moment I saw her in that amphitheater, giving her students an assignment.

The assignment was me.

That was when I simply couldn’t let her be. The beast inside of me didn’t want to let her go, but for the sake of her future, I had to sacrifice my selfish needs and desires and allow her to experience a world without me.