Sneak peek of Pure Clarity (Web of Deception #3)
There’s a life that still hangs in the delicate balance of where they should be and falling into complete destruction.
Hero Knight drinks alone on top of Cherry Cliff, the glass bottle still warm in his tightly clamped hands.
Angry hot tears roll down his cheeks as he yells at the walloping wind.
I sit beside him in the damp grass, wanting to hold this hurting boy in my arms, wanting to comfort my best friend, wanting to soothe him.
He shouts violent words to no one, but I hear them all. Gritting his teeth, he shakes with fury and frustration when he screams out my name.
“Tyler,” he yells.
“I hope you’re fucking happy.”
“I hope you’re fucking watching.”
He wipes at the current of tears on his face with the sleeve of his jacket. “You fucking left me. I’m nothing now without you.”
You’ll always be my hero, Hero, I whisper to him.
He cries harder, losing the battle with his tears.
You have to stop this, Hero.
You have to be stronger.
You have to wake up, Hero.
He drowns his sorrows in a bottle of Jack as he holds my teddy bear to his chest.
Hero will get better.
Hero has never broken a promise before.