All Chapters of Awakened For Sin: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Blake's POVI fumbled with my keys at the penthouse door, missing the lock twice before finally getting it in. The world was spinning unpleasantly, and my coordination was shot to shit.Ford had tried to get me to stay. Tried to get me to sleep it off at his place.But I couldn't.I couldn't stay away from her all night. Couldn't leave her alone after what happened with Brad. I kept thinking about the look on her face when I'd walked out. How I hadn't said anything to her.So I'd called a cab. And now I was here, trying very hard to be quiet as I pushed open the door.I failed spectacularly.The door banged against the wall, and I stumbled over the threshold, catching myself on the entry table. My keys clattered to the floor, the sound echoing through the quiet penthouse."Fuck," I muttered, too loud.I bent to pick up the keys and nearly fell over. The floor tilted sideways. Or maybe I did. Hard to tell. "Shit. Fuck.""Blake?"Her voice came from the living room, soft and surprised.

Blake's POVI woke to sunlight stabbing through my eyelids like knives and a jackhammer pounding inside my skull."Fuck," I groaned, immediately regretting making any sound at all.Everything hurt. My head. My eyes. My mouth tasted like something had curled up and died in it. And there was a warm weight against my side.I opened my eyes, very carefully, and found Cassie... Fawn... her curled against me, her head still on my chest, one hand resting over my heart. She was awake, watching me with those ice blue eyes that weren't quite Cassie's anymore. Because they held a warmth that had been missing from Cassie's eyes before her accident and most likely had never been there to start with. The act I had fallen for.Memories from last night crashed back in bits and pieces. Coming home drunk. Her helping me upstairs. The conversation after, at least parts of it. Some of the things I'd said. I was sure that the rest would come back as the day went on and my head cleared. But her lying besid

Fawn's POV"Fawn—""I would give it up," I interrupted. "The revenge. The plans. All of it. If it meant I could keep you for as long as that may be. I hope I could stay here, in this life, with you."Blake stared at me, his eyes searching mine."But you don't know if you can stay," he said. "Even if you give up the revenge. Even if you let Richard and Gemma walk away. You don't know if this body will keep you or if you'll disappear.""No," I whispered. "I don't know. And that terrifies me. Because I finally have something worth staying for. Someone worth staying for. And I might lose it anyway."Blake stood and came around the counter, pulling me into his arms.I buried my face against his chest and let myself cry, for everything I'd lost as Fawn, for everything I might lose as Cassie, for the impossible situation we were in."We'll figure it out," Blake said against my hair. "I don't know how. But we'll figure it out.""You're not running screaming for the hills. That's a bonus," I sa

Blake's POVI woke a few hours later with sunlight streaming through the bedroom windows and the soft weight of Lizzy curled against my side, her head on my chest, one hand resting over my heart. I lay there just enjoying her in my arms.I realized that I could do this, be here with her. It didn't matter she was wearing Cassie's face, because she wasn't anything like Cassie on the inside. That was more important than anything. I had been willing to build a life with her when I had thought she was still Cassie.So there were going to be challenges, but they would face them together. I placed a hand over her stomach. If she was pregnant, the universe wouldn't be so cruel to take her life. No, I really believed she had been given this second chance to live.Last night had been... hot. I was also relieved that Lizzy's encounter with Brad hadn't scarred her too badly because there still had to be some damage, from the attack or me walking away.Lizzy stirred against me, her fingers tracing

Lizzy's POV"Oh, she is going down," Blake said.I liked the sound of it too. Melissa had believed she could have my man... Granted he had been Cassie's man, but he was mine by default. I grinned internally. I might not tell him that one."So." I pulled back far enough to look at him properly. "How exactly do we make Gemma talk? I don't think she's going to invite us over for tea and confess to drowning me between the scones and jam.""No," Blake agreed. "But she's already cracking. You said it yourself. The bruises. The way she flinched at that gala.""I said it. I didn't say I knew how to use it. I was there telling her I could see what she was going through, and she walked away."He rubbed a thumb along my jaw, careful of the place that still ached from Brad's hand, even though the swelling had gone down."I hate to admit it, but you might have to reach out again. She is the weakest link, and if he gets suspicious of her weakness, he might deal with her in his own way.""It really