Marabella POV
Kora howls in my head as the pain of her own amplifies mine. The extra weight of hers makes the pain ten times worse.
I feel like I can’t breathe like the air is being crushed from my lungs agonizingly slowly. I have never thought that a feeling like this exists, but I believe it’s similar to suffocating inside a burning building with no chance to escape as the oxygen slowly burns away, and you do with it. Somehow, I believe the flames would hurt less.
Everything was fine, and then, all of a sudden, it wasn’t. I knew something was up with him because he was blocking the bond. He had been quiet all night. Yet, I didn't expect him to reject me. As hard as it might get sometimes, we knew there was a risk, and Jayden knew I was willing to take that risk. Anything to stay together and work through the issues.
A person can only take so much before they break. Everyone has a lifeline they try to hold on to and take power from, but the more often it’s used, the thinner the threa