Last Showing-Chapter Two Excerpt
I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.
His lips were so warm against hers, his arms so snug around her waist. Sophia didn’t want the moment to end. She held onto Levi, drinking in the scent of him until he lifted her chin gently, and blood dripped from his fingertips.
He didn’t seem to notice, but the crimson stained the front of her dress. “Levi, you’re bleeding.”
“Am I?” His voice sounded far away, and it was fading.
“No, come back. I need to make sure you’re okay.” She reached out to him, but she couldn’t touch him.
“Sophia,” he whispered her name then his eyes went wide. A trail of blood ran from the corner of his mouth down to the front of his snowy, white shirt. His gaze dropped to the blade sticking through the front of his chest.
Then a familiar figure stepped from behind him with a face that would haunt her. He grinned at her. “I always finish what I start, Sophia Reynolds, and I’ll stop anyone who gets in my way.”
“No!” She screamed as Levi fell to his knees.
“Sophia, it’s okay. You’re safe. Wake up now. You’re safe.” Warm hands tapped her cheeks and dragged her from the nightmare.
She tried to open her eyes, but they were so heavy. And the dream was gone. All she heard were beeps, clicks, and whirrs. Machines.
Soothing voices talking in the background. And someone telling her she’d just had surgery, but she’d be fine.
Fine? She couldn’t be, not until she saw Levi. She had to warn him.
His lips were so warm against hers, his arms so snug around her waist. Sophia didn’t want the moment to end. She held onto Levi, drinking in the scent of him until he lifted her chin gently, and blood dripped from his fingertips.
He didn’t seem to notice, but the crimson stained the front of her dress. “Levi, you’re bleeding.”
“Am I?” His voice sounded far away, and it was fading.
“No, come back. I need to make sure you’re okay.” She reached out to him, but she couldn’t touch him.
“Sophia,” he whispered her name then his eyes went wide. A trail of blood ran from the corner of his mouth down to the front of his snowy, white shirt. His gaze dropped to the blade sticking through the front of his chest.
Then a familiar figure stepped from behind him with a face that would haunt her. He grinned at her. “I always finish what I start, Sophia Reynolds, and I’ll stop anyone who gets in my way.”
“No!” She screamed as Levi fell to his knees.
“Sophia, it’s okay. You’re safe. Wake up now. You’re safe.” Warm hands tapped her cheeks and dragged her from the nightmare.
She tried to open her eyes, but they were so heavy. And the dream was gone. All she heard were beeps, clicks, and whirrs. Machines.
Soothing voices talking in the background. And someone telling her she’d just had surgery, but she’d be fine.
Fine? She couldn’t be, not until she saw Levi. She had to warn him.