Indestructible

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Authors: Angela Graham
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
froze as it all rushed back: the nightmare, the terror, and the anxiety, but mostly the anger. It hid deep inside my gut, building under the surface.
    My head shook. Rage boiled through my veins, but I wouldn’t let it spill out. I’d never let anyone see or know. I’d bury it in a subterranean hole behind my heart, where my pain and sorrow were locked away in a place I never had to deal with them again.
    I needed at least enough closure on Kurt to satisfy the scared, tiny girl inside that required it. His actions won’t define me . I ached to scream it so loudly that it would ricochet through the forest, letting everyone to know I wasn’t some fragile child. I was stronger than the fear, and my will was stronger than any pain Kurt could cause me.
    Prepared to storm over to my house and remove all signs of him, I felt Logan’s gentle voice jerk me back to the now.
    “Cassandra.”
    My shoulders were the only part of me that moved out of my body’s rigid state, but I didn’t look back, staring with fixed purpose at my house.
    I heard him move closer, descending the first step before standing behind me. He didn’t touch me. “Come back to bed, sweetheart.”
    I opened my mouth and a low, heated whisper crawled out. “I can’t.”
    His hand appeared beside me, folding lightly around my arm. “Okay. Tell me what I can do.”
    I didn’t know, and I hated myself for it. We’d been through so much, been pushed to the brink, and he’d proven he was there for me and cared for me again and again. I knew with every fiber of my being that he loved me. I never wanted him worrying about me again.
    I leaned backward into his chest, absorbing his scent. “Nothing. I’m fine.” An awkward bubble of a bitter chuckle leapt from my throat. Was every relationship tackled at every turn, or was it just mine?
    His hands circled my waist, and he turned me around slowly. I stared down at his black boots, unable to look into his eyes.
    Strong fingers captured my chin and lifted my head up until his penetrating gaze locked on mine. “No, you’re not. Don’t ever hide from me, Cassandra. Let me be here for you.” His voice was stern but tender. “Please.”
    Unsure what to say, I simply nodded. Together, we stood there, neither breaking the connection our eyes held.
    “I’m not a victim. I never will be,” I finally confessed, staring past him, emotions too high to control. “I don’t want to feel this.” My chest tightened, forcing myself to go deeper—to purge. “He would have won. He would have—”
    I folded my bottom lip between my teeth, unable to say it as I felt tears well up in my eyes. Logan’s hand caressed my cheek, and I drew from his strength to continue.
    “After everything the past few months, it’s like I’ve lost myself. I… I don’t know what I’ve become. This brittle girl that people look at with pity? I hate it. It was why I was so headstrong with you…” My eyes met his again. “…because you…you had that same look in the hospital when Julia and Oliver came by. You saw through me, and I couldn’t bear it.”
    He sat on the top step, taking me in his arms and setting me on his lap. His powerful gaze demanded my attention.
    “I saw a strong, powerful woman lying in a bed, covered in injuries I was responsible for,” he began. “I let you go that night—let you drive away, fully aware that you weren’t fit to be behind the wheel. I was selfish, only thinking about myself.
    “And then it hit me, the moment your taillights disappeared: the enormity of how much I fucked up something so beautiful, so pure. The look you saw on my face that day in the hospital was not pity—it was pain, guilt, and regret. But it was also love. I loved you, and more than anything I wanted to protect you…take care of you any way you’d allow.”
    His head fell and he blew out a breath.
    “I love you,” I said. “I did then, and I do now. I just want to feel like myself again.”
    “I promise you,

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