The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 167

BOOK 3 CHAPTER 3

~DANTE~

I pick Willow up into my arms and carry her downstairs near a fire pit.

“Why does this keep happening to her?” I ask my mother. “It doesn’t make any sense. Even the doctors don’t know what is wrong with her.”

I’m tired of seeing her like this. Anya asked me to protect her sister and I wasn’t doing a damn good job at it. If she was here, she would be disappointed with me. I hate myself for not granting her wish.

Why couldn’t the doctors help her by now? What more was needed to help her?

“It is a bit strange,” Autumn whispers. “I’m worried about her.”

I was also, but not because I cared about her. I was worried because I promised Anya that I would protect her. I didn’t want to break my promise to her.

She wanted me to marry her sister to give her a better life. What good was marrying her if I couldn’t figure out what was happening to her?

“Just keep her close to the fire Dante.” My mother orders me. “If it’s anything like the last time, she would be okay in a few minutes.”

first time I was willingly holding her like this. I’ve made sure to keep a distance between us in the past. However, today was the first day

know why. I can’t explain

can’t stop myself as I gently move her hair out of her face. I couldn’t deny that Willow was beautiful, very beautiful. She was like a breath of fresh air in my dull life. She was someone I had to

was terrified that it would be painful if she did. However, it turns out that not only did she look nothing like Anya, but

didn’t know how to feel about it. Part of me hoped that I could find some of Anya in

returning to its average temperature, and I let go of a

color is returning,”

happening?” Clarissa asks as she enters the

Willow?” She gasped when her

her eyes; I was the first person she saw.

reaction confused me. She almost looked flushed under

you feeling?” I ask

her lip before saying softly, “I’m fine.

and her eyes grow sad.

last thing I expected her to ask me. I don’t know why I felt angry because of that one

that. We called a different doctor. I hope this

realize I was still holding her. I abruptly let go of her and stood

there. I didn’t want to care for Willow. I didn’t want to worry over her, and

beginning. I knew everything after her death. However, that didn’t change the way I felt about her. She claimed that I was under a spell; she claimed that I would forget about my feelings for her after she

haven’t recovered. I think I love her