Pure Hope (Pure Bliss Series: Book 3) (In need of editing)

Chapter 28 ~ Open Your Eyes

Pure Hope ~ Chapter 28 ~ Open Your Eyes

Recap: (Hope’s P.O.V.) I was more worried about my best friend when I saw the Hunter’s expression. He didn’t look concerned in the slightest. I saw him reach into his pocket once Xavier got really close to him. I immediately recognized he had a knife. All I could do was scream once Xavier started screaming. (Bliss’s P.O.V.) “I don’t want to move on! I love you, Dylan!” I yelled, shutting my eyes. “I’ll always love you.”

“I’ll never love you again. You have to move on.”

I couldn’t listen anymore, all I could do was sob. I was empty & cold. This couldn’t be happening. Raeann pulled me into a hug. I cried some more.

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Raeann’s P.O.V.

I felt like I was a Peeping Tom or something, invading Bliss & Dylan‘s privacy. This moment was so personal & I wished I didn’t have to be a witness.

Bliss had broken down crying when Dylan told her he didn’t love her anymore. He’d said that things had changed or some bullcrap like that.

When I got locked up & saw Dylan, he didn’t say a word to me. I figured he was still slightly pissed that I was the reason that he’d been locked up more than half of his life. It wasn’t like I’d expected a hug from him but his silence hurt more than I thought it would. Even though this was all my fault, I hoped he would eventually forgive me.

When I let the Hunter take him twenty-three years back, it was to save my own life. At the time it was my best option. At the time I thought I was doing the right thing. After all, Dylan is a werewolf, lifelong friend or not. Werewolves weren’t right in the world. But I’d managed to save myself & Dylan from death & at the time, I was proud of myself.

When I faced Dylan’s silent treatment twenty-three years later, I realized just how much I was wrong. Dylan had changed. The Hunter convinced him that there was no hope left, that Bliss forgot about him, & he soon believed that he didn’t love Bliss anymore. Looking at Dylan now with his blank expression, all happiness gone, I realized that it didn’t matter that he was a werewolf. Dylan was my friend & I caused him all of the pain he was feeling. It was my fault that Bliss was sobbing on my shoulder & Dylan looked like he didn’t care.

But maybe things would change again, for the better. Maybe Dylan would realize he’d never stopped loving Bliss & they could finally live their happily ever after. I could still hope.

Secretly, I knew the truth. I knew that life wasn’t a storybook. It was more likely that Dylan’s love for Bliss really was gone. Forever. Maybe Bliss would have to take his advice & move on.

I patted Bliss’s back, shooting invisible daggers at Dylan from my glare. She stiffened & backed out of my hug. She quickly wiped her face with her hands, drying her wet tears. Her light blue eyes seemed darker & were tinged red from crying. She managed to stop crying completely, impressing me while doing so.

“Sorry,” she mumbled, squeezing her eyes shut & taking a deep breath. “We have to get out of here before its too late.”

“Too late?” I said in confusion.

Fear filled her eyes as she nodded. “We have to get to Bree’s cottage. I don’t know if The Hunger is still out there.”

“What?!” I shouted. Was she serious? Sure, I’d been locked away for awhile but not that long & now Bliss was telling me that zombies were attacking!