Broken Hearts: Kaleigh's Revenge (Broken Wings Series) Read Online Free PDF

What if you hate me in a week? What if you die because we are together? I can’t risk that. My parents are dead, my brother is probably dead now… I can’t, Gabe. I just can’t.”
    With that statement, he slammed his lips onto mine. He wrapped his strong arms around me, deepening the kiss. It felt like the world stopped spinning as I put my hands into his hair and pulled him closer to me. I didn’t want this moment to end, but it did and he pulled away slightly to look down at my face.
    “That. Was. Amazing,” he said, enunciating each word.
    We were still breathing hard from the passionate kiss, but a slight sadness washed over me. “Please don’t hurt me, Gabe. I can’t take any more pain.”
    “I have no plans to hurt you. Kale—yes. But not you.”
    Before I could respond, I heard something in the bushes behind us. I put my fingers up to my lips to shush Gabe. In the blink of an eye, one of Amelia’s creatures jumped out of the bush and grabbed Gabe. I was terrified. I thought I was about to lose the boy I had just kissed. I couldn’t let that happen.
    The creature was more horrendous up close. The skin looked like it had scales and was pale green. It made me sick to my stomach as I surveyed the face. It was sagging like it was falling off the bones. The eyes sunk in the head like it hadn’t eaten in months. There was something growing out of its back. When I squinted my eyes to get a better look, I knew it was a stone wing; cracked and broken. It made me think of a stone gargoyle. The eyes were bright red. They reminded me of Zane, but this was no vampire. This creature was worse than a vampire. Looking past the disgusting, rotting features, I tried to imagine what the person had looked like before Amelia had turned it into this monster. It looked familiar to me. It was obvious that it was an older female; maybe about age 52, or so. Her grey hair was matted and falling out in several places, but it looked like it was beautiful and full at one point. Her sagging lips, which were almost non-existent now, held a hint of bright pink lipstick. As I saw the birthmark above her lips, the truth hit me. I knew this “woman” because I had rented a house from her. This was the woman who owned the home where Cameron and I had lived in Georgia.
    “No! Please, don’t hurt him.”
    “Hungry,” she said in a zombie-like state.  “So hungry….Must kill for Amelia.”
    After she spoke those words, she sunk her yellow teeth into Gabe’s shoulder. He cried out in pain and I jumped to protect him. I raised my hand and shot out a lightning bolt toward the creature, surprising me. She dropped Gabe and started to shake. Foam poured out of her mouth. She fell to the ground and continued to shake until she died. I ran over to Gabe. I helped take off his shirt so I could look at the bite. The creature took a big chunk out of his shoulder. He was bleeding, so badly that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stop it. I pressed his shirt against the wound to stem the blood flow. I expected Gabe to cry out in pain, and when he didn’t I looked into his face and realized they were closed.             
    “Gabe, look at me,” I begged. I looked at his chest and breathed a small sigh of relief when I saw it move up and down. But it wasn’t moving fast enough. “Please, you can’t die! Please wake up.”
    Why isn’t he waking up? Please don’t take him away from me , I prayed.  “Gabe,” I pleaded, “please wake up. Just think about our kiss. Hold onto that and come back to me.” I cried as I saw his breathing stop completely. “No! Gabe, please!” This couldn’t be happening again! It was just like when my parents died. As I held Gabe’s still body, I cried. The memory of the last time I saw my mother came to the forefront of my mind, causing me to cry harder. I buried my face in Gabe’s hair and relived the pain all over again.
    I walked into the courthouse with my parents and Cameron. It was a big day