"Wait... I..." The entire room was spinning around her and she tried to blink to clear her mind. She reached out to hold onto anything steady, but what she grabbed was warm. She opened her eyes again to see her hand was on Blondie's shoulder. She jerked away and stood up, but the quick motion quickly proved to be a bad idea. She was still in her heels and she started to tumble over before strong arms came around her waist and caught her.
Melody started to push away, but her muscles weren't working anymore. "What did you do?" she asked, but as her speech started to slur, it sounded more like "Whadichodo?"
His palm skimmed down her arm until he could pluck the gun from her hand. The gun she forgot she was holding. She frowned as she followed his movements as he set the gun down out of her reach. "You never should've done this," he said as he turned with her in his arms.
Never should've done this? Did he think she had a choice? "No, I need to know..."
He turned with her in his arms and led her back to the bed, their roles now reversed. With one hand at the nape of her neck, he placed her gently so her head was on the pillow and then one ankle at a time, he arranged her legs too.
No, no, no, no... "Please," she managed out.
Blondie was sitting next to her on the bed. He stroked the side of her face with the fingertips and ran his hand down until his palm was on her collarbone and his thumb was right at the base of her neck. As though denying his actions, he said, "I didn't kill you before. Not about to start now."
He thought she was begging for her life. "Tell me who he is." Her body now felt like it was ten times heavier and each word was a struggle. "Tell me who killed Isobel."
He didn't answer her though. Instead he kept his hand right where it was as his thumb gently stroked the soft skin of her neck. "I knew you were going to be trouble." Then he lent in so close that she could feel his breath against her cheek. She could feel unconsciousness pulling at her, at war with the fear and adrenaline demanding she stay awake and fight.
Then he whispered against her ear. "I warned you once and you ignored me. This is a second warning. Ignore me again and you'll regret it. Isobel is gone. You don't need to suffer the same fate." The last thing she remembered before she finally slipped into unconsciousness was the soft kiss he pressed to her forehead, belying the words he'd whispered.
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