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.”

was the first time I was willingly holding her like this. I’ve made sure to keep a distance between us

why.

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 keep away from my darkness; if she got any closer, it would pull her in and destroy her life just like

like Anya. I was scared at one point that she would remind me of her sister; I was terrified that it would be painful if she did. However, it

me hoped that I could find some of Anya in Willow, while a more significant part of me

temperature, and I let go of a breath

is returning,” Autumn

as she enters the

happen to Willow?” She gasped when her eyes fell on

was the first person she saw. Her lips part, and her cheeks turn a

She almost

are you feeling?” I

saying softly, “I’m fine. Did it happen

grow

to ask me. I don’t know why I felt angry because

not,” I growl. “You’re not going to die. Anya asked me to keep you safe, and I’ll do just that. We called a different doctor. I hope this one will have more answers than the last,

by my response. It took me a few seconds to realize I was still holding her.

of there. I didn’t want to care for Willow. I didn’t want to worry over her, and I sure as hell didn’t want to hold her like I did just a

the way I felt about her. She claimed that I was under a spell; she claimed that I would forget about my

and I still haven’t recovered. I think I love her even more