~ JESSE ~
I was shaking, feeling sick, and too hot- everything was too hot.
Rake gaped at me, shaking his head. 'Jesse, you were already his.'
'Not until the vows, not until the fucking marriage bed. You could have stopped him- I didn't have to be here. You saved me for this?!'
His eyes went dark. 'I helped you because I could see why God sent you. You were here to save him and through him, the rest of us. You can't- '
I pushed off the bed and began to pace, shaking out my hands and wiping my face. My body hummed with unspent energy, like everything I'd just been through had left me electrified. But the energy had nowhere to go.
'Jesse… Jesse- what's wrong?'
I was panting, I realized. I swallowed and tried to shake it off, but my skin felt too tight and I needed to move. I needed… something.