I remembered seeing the sun starting to break over the horizon when my eyes finally closed, my body a spent, sated heap. His child was inside me though. I could tell. Whether it was a sixth sense or a mother’s knowledge, I knew I was pregnant with Abel Lockwood’s child. &n...
“I can’t. No more,” I breathe, feeling like my body’s falling apart, one piece at a time. “I can’t take any more.” “But you can. And you will.” He twists me around, but I can’t move. The table feels ice cold against my heated skin. “Listen when Doctor Faraday tells you to ...
It was more than the routine existence I’d subsided on during my years alone on this island. It was more than anything I could have imagined. Living with Jane on this island—on any stretch of land on this planet—was more fulfilling than any lonely soul could hope to find. ...
It had been utter and total hell each day. The pull toward her, the things I felt, the things I wanted to do, the words I wanted to say to her. It’d been hell. It’d been utter and total heaven too. Having her back. Having this bright spot in my life again. The fun she brought, the humor that was ...