Rebirth and Affliction Sneak Peek

A teaser of Chapter 12 - Time:

“The longer I contemplated this fact, the more I wonder if maybe the real future that I should have embraced was a young death – wouldn't that be better than ruining hundreds or thousands of lives? It was part of why I ended up sinking my car off the coast in California.”

I heard Edythe let out a pained gasp as I took a breath, but I didn't dare look at her or pause because I knew if I did then I'd never be able to admit the full details of what a monster I truly was.

“You have to understand that even though I wasn't happy with the realizations I was making, I was actually was still soul searching at that point. I hadn't decided on anything for sure. So I continued to Florida. I wanted – needed even – to see my mom, to find out that she was doing alright. She is by the way. She actually was working on paperwork to adopt a child while I watched from a careful distance. I even watched Phil coach a little league on a shockingly cloudy day.” I smiled at the memory. “Of course, by then it had been almost two weeks since we left Volterra and I was starving. There really isn't much in the way of large game in Florida, and even if there was... I'm not sure I could have made myself do it... Not then, anyways.