Kill him

Isobel POV

"It's an illusion! A world that's not real, that's where you live!"

My eyes snap open, loud gasp purrs out of my mouth.

"Isobel, are you okay?"

I feel a grip on my arm, not strong enough to hurt me, but enough to send a message up my brain that I'm safe with someone.

With Javier.

Slowly, my eyes darted to his face that's filled with worries and concerns.

"You were found passed out cold outside the room. What happened?" His gaze narrows.

Now, his fingers are running soothingly on my arm skin, sending a tingle to my stomach.

His worried expression, his effort to relieve me of my pain.

I blink away, looking anywhere but at him as Becca's words came to haunt me. Her voice replayed repeatedly in my head.

"It's an illusion. It's not real"

Because it's not real, and it's the truth.

I feel an itch at the corner of my eyes, my tears threatening to spill down the cover.

I'm getting used to this new Javier that I didn't want it to end.

"But what if this tiny thread lost its power?" Be