Twisted Ties: The Brother's Claim のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

~Hannah~I lay on bed breathing heavily. Nathan's still watching me with—this proud look on his face. And there goes the shame. But instead of shame, I feel something has left me. Feeling a sense of dread, I stand up grabbing my clothes. “Baby? You okay?” “Nina,” I call. “Nina? Nina!”I panic as the words of the witch flashes in my brain. In the cruelest way pushing me into a daze. Everything is rotating. Everything is spinning so much and I can't make out why it's happening. I manage to put my clothes on, all the while Nathan follows me. “Hannah talk to me please…what's wrong?”“Don't follow me,” I warn before finally leaving the cave room. I don't know where I'm going. I just follow my legs. “Nina! Nina, please talk to me…Nina…please…”I find myself in unfamiliar woods. “Nina, I'll let you take over as much as you want...No, I want you to take over the whole of today. But no matter how loud I call, I don't feel Nina. “Ninaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!”I collapse to the ground and howl v

~Hannah~“You are up. Olivia, come see, mummy is awake!” Liam brings Olivia to my side. She buries her face in my body and whispers how much she missed me. I doubt she knew I was locked up. Liam and Cathylene would have cooked a big lie for her. I miss my little girl so much I can't stop the tears clouding my eyes. I blink away the tears remembering I just saw Nathan. But I don't see him again. I knew it. It was just my hallucinations. I swallow painfully. “Oh, and Nathan's back. That bastard surprised us all. I thought he was dead for real,” Liam scoffs. “Language, daddy!” Nina whines. “Sorry, my little princess.”My insides stir to life. “Oh my god.” So it wasn't my imagination…Nathan's really back and alive. The kind of relief that washes over me is one I've never felt before as I push myself up ready to jump out of the bed. “I know you are feeling grateful to him and want to rush over there to thank him but I need you to remember that he offered to go there and he went there

~Hannah~Nathan doesn't move the car but instead he turns off the engine. “I know,” he mumbles. He glances up to meet my confused stare. “I know you did not cheat on Liam. I know that Olivia's father isn't here and…I know that Olivia is my daughter.”If there's a moment they say the world stopped rotating, it's this moment. My heart stops beating and I feel hot tears brimming from my eyes. Garments of guilt clothe me as his sad eyes pierces through me.I quickly tear my eyes away and rapidly blink back the tears. “So, were you about to announce it to Liam back at home?”I can't believe myself. This is the first thing I ask him after what I've done? Hannah, you are unbelievable! Everyday I become more selfish. Even right now I'm still being so shameless and mean. I sink my teeth in my bottom lips so hard so my silent sobs don't make their way out. “How long were you going to keep it away from me…” his voice breaks the silence. “When did you find out?” My lips quiver. “Sometime ago.

~Nathan~ I look up from my plate–towards my foster mother. “I don't remember anything. My brain holds no memory of that place.” But it's a lie. I remember everything. In fact, one of the punishments of making it out of Grimswood forest alive is the painful vivid remembrance of all that happened there. The knife slashes and the blood drips, the gory images and eerie sounds, the different creatures and the swift and abrupt sound transitions. From the moment one of my legs stepped in, the forest swallowed me. Inside there, my wolf powers and senses became heightened but it was still nothing compared to the ones the creatures attacking me every passing second had. Day and night appeared as it pleased, arrows flew at me from unsuspecting angles. I thought I'd go deaf from the howls and growls that I could not tell the direction they were coming from. Or is it the mind trick? A woman had appeared claiming to be my mother. There was not a single thing that looked different from her and

~Nathan~I'm headed to the second building in the house to meet my shị́thead brother. Normally, telling Liam I don't want to be covering his àss for all the company projects could have waited till later. But this is my only way to see Hannah. She's been avoiding me ever since she knew Brenda and I are mates. Both at work and at home. I don't know how else to naturally run into her and honestly, I'm not about to wait for that to happen anymore. I'm halfway close to the front of their building when I see Lola coming out of the house. A dirty smirk lurks on her face as she corners into the backyard. Immediately, a compelling need to rush rises in me. I increase my gait and dash inside without bothering to knock or announce my arrival first. I advance straight to the masters bedroom. Liam comes out seconds after I knock. But neither my head or my attention is on him. All I'm thinking about is to see if he laid his filthy hands on Hannah. I'm only calm the moment I confirm that Hannah