Pulled

I can't live without you. I haven't lived a day without you.

Erin called us soul mates, but I…I’ve always known it was more than that. It’s like we share the same soul, and when we’re apart, each half is looking for the other.

My body trembled as all the regrets of my life washed through me, my heart feeling as if it were on the verge of failing. My sould cried out for her. It had never stopped its search for her in nine years, and I could still feel her calling for me.

He had the same look on his face that I had every day when I looked in the mirror. He was nothing more than a shell of a person.

Baby, I wish I could tell you how much I love you, how much you mean to me." He nuzzled my cheek and continued down my neck, setting a fire across my skin, churning coals that burst into flames deep within my soul. "Show me.

I turned to him, wishing for nothing more than to tell him who I was. That I was supposed to be Melanie's husband, not him. That I adored her more than any other creature that had ever lived and always would. That I had every intention of taking her away from him.

I loved every broken piece of her and was determined to make her whole again

Seeing her was like seeing a reflection of myself, a mirror of my pain, my loss, my regret. A mirror of what stirred within me now – this love that had refused to die. She had found me. I had always felt her heart calling to mine just as mine called to hers, this power bringing us together once again.

I still couldn't believe Melanie was here. It was all I could do to keep myself from jumping over the table to get to her, to fall to my knees, to plead for forgiveness, to beg her to take me back.

I stood to take a few minutes to clear my head when a strangled sob grounded me to the floor. My head jerked up, my eyes desperate to find what I so longed to see. My knees went weak, and I grasped the table for support when my eyes met with the emerald that owned my soul.

Go bring me back my daughter.

He stood above me, his body visibly trembling. "This is forever.

No, baby, I like the dress." I was just going to like it much, much more in a pile on my bedroom floor.

My eyes darted to her, dreading to see the pain I knew I would find. Please, Melanie, you have to know I only wanted this with you. I couldn't say the words out loud, but I prayed she would understand, that she could see it in my eyes.

That's how I spent the next day and night - dividing my time between my girls. I felt like the go between until the three of us could be together. It was as if I were carrying a piece of one to the other, making them whole, as if we were part of the same soul.

I’ll never let you go again,Melanie.Never.Nothing will come between us...nothing." I would destroy anything,and anyone who tried to take her from me. Being away from her was no longer an option. She was mine.Only mine.

Gently, I caressed along the puckered, angry scar slanting in a long, jagged line across my lower abdomen to where it crossed the smooth, silvered scar running in a horizontal line just above my pelvis, wishing she could somehow find comfort in my touch. Chills shook my body as I ran my fingers over the still sensitive skin, and just like every night, the bitterness and anger I found myself feeling faded away into sadness as I lost myself in this tangible reminder of my child. I loved her, so much. Steam filled the room, and I eased myself into the water, allowing myself to drift back to Daniel. I missed him, almost more than I could bear. This was never supposed to have happened to us. We were supposed to make it…we should have made it.

. I missed him, almost more than I could bear. This was never supposed to have happened to us. We were supposed to make it…we should have made it.

His fingers splayed out while my heart slammed against his hand. "How did i ever stay away from you ? I heard this calling out for me everyday." I could feel is breath across my face,his words so sad,filled with so much regret."Did you here mine?" "yes",I breathed out as my whole body began to shake under his."My heart only beat because I could still feel your love.It was the only thing i had.

His love was so intense, yet his soul held so much sorrow. I wondered if his hurt went so deep that he could never heal.

I missed nine years.” With trembling hands, he held me, his anguish apparent, and I could hold back no longer.

Promise me,” I grunted in desperation as I moved against her. “Promise you’ll never leave me.

life, a spirit roused, two souls rejoined, marking it the most significant moment in my life as she became one with me.

Here, where we were home. Here, where we’d been Pulled.

How did I ever stay away from you?” Gentle fingertips caressed my cheeks, my lips, ran over my chin and down my neck. His palm came to rest on my chest, his fingers splayed out over my heart. It thrummed in devotion against his hand. “I heard this calling out for me every day.” His breath whispered across my face, his words so sad, filled with so much regret. “Did you hear mine?

embraces. I was filled with awe at being able hold this precious woman again, the one who had invaded every thought of mine for more than eleven years.

I was filled with awe at being able hold this precious woman again, the one who had invaded every thought of mine for more than eleven years.

Nothing will come between us...nothing.” I would destroy anything, anyone who tried to take her from me. Being away from her was no longer an option. She was mine, only mine.

Heaven. There was no other way to describe it.