Emery has always been troubled.
After struggling to accept the sudden death of her mother, she was forced to depend on her grieving father for both knowledge and guidance. As she battles through her own conflicting feelings of confusion, her family'...
The bond was riveting, exciting, captivating, emphatic, hypnotizing, and the details of it could spill until every possible word that I ever knew was mentioned. Yet, the bond was not meant to be fully understood by the likes of me, instead, it was meant to be understood by him.
Then, why did it feel so real?
"Yes. That would be nice. That would be so nice." In that moment of shared bliss, I poked the crumpled edges of his skin and watched as his bottom lip twitched. The temporary wrinkles from stress were oddly aging him. However, there were not many. There were barely any to mention, but the sudden darkness underneath his once youthful eyes were hard to ignore.
Did he ever notice anything different about me?
He spoke up. "My mate, as wondrous as you are, keeping up with you might be the end of me. To be truthful, one would assume that I would be at least prepared enough for you to tolerate me-"
My voice exaggerated the use of volume, "I do tolerate you!"
Morpheus curved his lip to reveal a smile that made my breathing leap. "Oh, really?"
"Well, of course. That should be somewhat obvious. But, I really didn't mean to shout like that." My cheeks heated up following the confession.
Morpheus laughed, soft and subtle. There was a light joke to his next comment, though, there was also an essence of truth that stained the back of his teeth. "I would not worry about little things like that. If you want to, you can shout, scream, wail—the people in this building are so used to the whispers of others that they probably appreciate the change of pace."
"Do you worry often?"
He didn't seem irritated by my question, but more so relieved with the inquiry. "I suppose I had more apprehensions when I was younger. Though, I must admit, I do feel that tension is picking at me more often than not these days."
"That sounds relatable."
"I wish that you did not agree with my statement. Not you, at least. Never you." Morpheus digressed, "I admit that I am not the greatest, but I will be better for you. If you allowed me to, I would do anything for you. If you want to leave, then I will follow. If you want to stay, then I will stand. As long as I get to be with you, there is nothing that I would not do."
My voice croaked, "I know."
"I wish we met naturally," he nearly mouthed, "as originally intended."
There were things that I could have replied with, of course, but I had a much better idea in mind. The pressure of my upset joints and spots of pain tumbled as I pressed my lips to his.
That was my answer.
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Hi, everyone.
If you do not want to read my upcoming explanation and apology, then please skip to the very bottom as I have a series of questions that I would absolutely love to have answered by my very dear readers.
Well, it has been a long, long time. I posted an update around the beginning of my break. Then, I also tried to get back into writing this story at some point during said break, which prompted yet another update. And, again, I am here to provide an update.
To clarify, there are still a few things that bother me. Though, I don't feel nearly as bad as I did around the beginning of my break. Thankfully. There was a pretty big event in my life that happened, and it all kind of spiralled from there. There were a lot of things that affected me and I don't think I deserved them. And, I am still trying to realize that.
It would have truly made my entire life if I was able to come back from my break with this book finished. That was what I hoped to have happened around the middle of my break, and I really wish I could have done that. But, there were even some days when I had no energy to do the bare minimum.
I am not overly proud of this chapter, but I always strive to do better.
Thank you all so much. I have had an abundance of support come to me, even when I was not there to answer. I truly appreciate it all.
That being said—please, shower me with feedback and suggestions.
In regards to the story—are there any questions that should be answered? How do you see this book ending? Is there anything that you think should make a feature in the upcoming chapters?
I have been away for so long that I believe asking for opinions, both from old and new readers alike, would benefit me greatly in providing genuine chapters in the future.
