Resurrected Vengeance
The fireplace was dying down to red embers.
Banjo was kneeling right in front of me on the rug. His heavy hands were holding mine his warm, calloused fingers gripping my cold wrists with a desperate, trembling tightness that felt completely alien compared to his usual cold touch.
"Merinda" he choked out, his voice raw, rough, and breaking at the edges. "Look at me. Please."
I forced my heavy gaze up to meet his. His dark amber eyes were red rimmed, bloodshot, and filled with an agonizing, chaotic storm of pain, confusion, and something that looked terrifyingly like regret.