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CHAPTER 64
~Spring's POV~
I couldn't breathe. And even though I knew he wasn't real, the illusion was too strong. I could feel the weight of that night, pressing on my chest.
My hand reached instinctively to my ribs—where his hand had sunk before.
"Pathetic," Rael said again, just like he had all those years ago. "You were never meant to live. You were never meant to be mine."
Tears stung my eyes.
But this time, I remembered that it wasn't real. Even though eh had uttered teh very same words before, that was then and this was now.
I wasn't in the past. This wasn't Rael but a makeshift of my fear.
This was me, all me.. my memory.
I clenched my fists. Slowly, painfully as I stood and let myself relive it all again.
And for the first time since that night, I didn't run or begged or bled.
I faced him as he reached for me and with all the pain and ange within me, the illusion reached for my head and I thrust my hand forward, right through his chest.