His Moonsilver Mate (Abby and Kade) novel Chapter 54

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Chapter 54

Iwas back inside the packhouse before I realized how fast I was moving.

Someone had left clothes in my room. I pulled them on without bothering with the lights and was out again almost immediately.

Abby.

That was the only thing that mattered.

The hall outside her room was quiet compared to the chaos still running through the rest of the

house.

I knocked once and opened the door.

Daphne sat near the foot of the bed, cleaning the scrape along Chloe’s knee. Chloe had changed out of her ruined white dress and into one of Abby’s oversized shirts.

My mother sat beside Abby.

Abby was curled beneath a thick blanket, knees drawn up, her body still trembling despite the warmth of the room. Someone had helped her into a nightdress. Her hair was tangled from shifting, her eyes swollen and red.

She was crying quietly.

My mother had one arm around her and stroked her back in slow, steady circles.

“You’re all right,” she murmured. “Just breathe, sweetheart.”

Abby shook her head.

I stepped farther inside.

My mother looked up.

“Kade.”

She stood and crossed to me quickly, wrapping her arms around me for a moment.

“You’re okay?”

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“No.”

Ner shoulders loosened.

I looked toward the bed.

“How is she?”

My mother followed my gaze.

“She needs you.”

Daphne finished wrapping Chloe’s knee and stood.

“I can give her something mild if she can’t settle.”

“Thank you, but I’ll stay with her.”

Daphne nodded.

Chloe hesitated before getting up.

Abby looked at her immediately.

“Don’t go.”

Chloe crossed back to the bed and hugged her.

“I’m not going far. I’m okay, Abby. I promise.”

Abby closed her eyes.

Chloe whispered something against her hair, then let my mother guide her toward the door.

My mother stopped beside me.

“She keeps blaming herself.”

I looked at Abby.

“I know.”

She squeezed my arm.

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The door closed behind them.

For a moment, the room was silent except for Abby’s uneven breathing.

I crossed to the bed and sat beside her.

“Abby.”

She didn’t move.

I reached out slowly and brushed my fingers over her hair.

“Baby.”

Her face crumpled.

She came into my arms so fast I barely had time to open them.

I caught her and pulled her against my chest.

The blanket slipped from one shoulder. I tucked it back around her and kissed her hair.

“I’ve got you.”

Her fingers twisted into my shirt.

“I ruined everything.”

“No.”

“I did.”

I rubbed my hand slowly over her back.

“You saved Chloe.”

“They know what Diana is now.”

“I know.”

“They saw her.”

“I know.”

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“That is not on you.”

I hadn’t shifted-”

“Chloe might be dead.”

She went still.

I leaned back enough to see her face.

“You had seconds, Abby. You didn’t stop to think about yourself. You saw your friend in danger and you saved her.”

Tears spilled over again.

“That’s what they wanted.”

“Yes.”

There was no point lying to her.

Her eyes widened.

“They really came for that?”

“I think they came to see Diana.”

Her breathing hitched.

I cupped the back of her head and brought her against me again.

“Hey. Stay with me.”

She buried her face in my chest.

“They know now.”

“I know.”

“They’ll come for me.”

My arms tightened around her.

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I pressed a kiss to her hair.

But I know I’m going to do everything I can to stop them.”

She clung harder.

“I don’t want this.”

“I know.”

“I don’t want to be special. I don’t want them looking for me. I just want-”

Her voice gave out.

I held her while she cried.

My hand moved slowly over her back, up between her shoulders, then down again.

“I love you.”

She stilled against me.

I kissed her temple.

“I love you, Abby.”

Her fingers tightened in my shirt.

“You don’t have to be brave right now. You don’t have to figure anything out tonight.”

She shook her head against me.

“I was so happy yesterday.”

That hurt more than anything else she had said.

I remembered her laughing in the training hall. The look on her face when Diana put Knox on the floor. The way she had thrown herself into my arms afterward.