She belonged to
him, this woman who’d slipped through his grasp like a wind, who’d engaged him
in a predator’s hunt, turning him into a stalking animal that needed to feed.
Now was the time. Now was the chance.
And still he
hesitated as Santo’s emotions whispered through his subconscious, urging him to
stop. To think. Why did this female hold such power over him? Why did she defy
the natural order of life and death? Why did she return to the human world when
she was meant to move on?
“Why do you live,
Roxanne Love?”
It astounded him
that he’d never thought to ask before. He’d been so focused on how that he’d
never considered the bigger question. He’d attributed Roxanne’s ability to
escape her fate to some errant gene, some throwback trait. It happened. Some
humans had special senses. Some could see the dead, some could see the future,
and others still could move matter with their minds, start fires with a
thought, heal sickness with a wish. No one understood why. In the grand scheme,
what did why matter?
But once asked, he
couldn’t ignore the question.
Why? Why did this
woman cheat death?
Curiosity filled
him as he glanced at her lifeless form. Who was she? Why had having her become
so vital to him? Important enough to drag him from his world to hers?
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