All Chapters of Rough Mercy: A Collection of Dark Passions: Chapter 181 - Chapter 185

EPILOGUEOne Year LaterThe carriage wheels crunched over the familiar uneven road, each turn carrying us closer to the place I had longed for all year. I pressed my forehead against the window, watching the landscape shift from the wild, rugged terrain of Lud's kingdom to the gentler, rolling hills of my homeland.We had visited their kingdoms one after the other, and then the other vampire kingdom that's just far from ours. That was where Fyre's relatives all lived. It was as if the entire vampires related to the royal family decided to leave separately from the others, which was why I never met them while growing up.Lud's kingdom was the last we visited because I wanted to save the best for last, and it didn't disappoint. Their square freaking had fires. I even saw a few walking around in their natural form, something Lud hardly did. Another place that made my heart race was Drake's village. There were freaking dragons flying all the damned time. Then, in Finn's, the cute little f

Leon was waiting outside in the hallway when I ran out of his brother's room. The second he saw my face, he knew. He didn't have to ask; he knew I'd been rejected after confessing my feelings.“Hey,” he murmured as he pulled me into a hug. “It's okay.”The tears I'd been holding at bay since his brother kindly rejected me came streaming down my face. I clutched to his shirt as I let go of my emotions and wept. I didn't even stop to think Gerald would likely hear me since we were standing in front of his room. León patted my back gently while murmuring words of consolation to me as he asked me to just let everything go. He wasn't harsh and didn't shout at me for being such a baby because of a rejection. He just gave me the silent support I badly needed. I cried until there were no more tears to shed before I followed him into his room. “He's not worth it,” he murmured when I sat on his bed. "He's not worth your tears, Chris." I looked up with tear-stained eyes and frowned. “Am I not

CHRISHe frowned at my words. “What do you mean?”I rubbed the back of my neck once more and averted my gaze. “Chris?”I cleared my throat. “I was... I was thinking, what if Gerald rejected me because I'm not experienced?”“Chris —”“Please, just listen.” I lifted my hand to stop him from saying anything. “I'm clumsy, and I sure as hell know nothing about relationships. I haven't even had my first kiss yet.” I chuckled nervously.León frowned, but didn't interrupt my words. He just let me talk to know where I was heading with this. “So, I was thinking... What if you couch me?”He blinked..“I know we're both single, but compared to me, you seem to have more experience.” Even though he hadn't gotten his first kiss, he mostly read romance books and had an inkling of relationship matters. He wasn't like me, who doesn't know my head from my tail when it comes to intimacy. “Chris —”“It's just the basic stuff. I know you're not gay, and you don't like me that way, but I can't think of a