The Fire Within the Passion by Kayla Trautman (best big ereader TXT) 📖

"Yes I'm fine. But I need to talk to your daddy for a moment." Jack stood and walked out to the hall. George sat her down on the chair and followed him out. "I found them in the library. All of them." Geroge started. "And?" Jack asked. George continued, "They're all dead. Everyone of them. How can one man do that?" Jack shrugged, "I don't know. But we got bigger problems to worry about. The doctor's still in there with Kattie." Jack walked down the hall into Anna's room. George followed. Jack sat on the side of the bes and silently cried, "What'll happend if she dies? What will I tell Anna? How am I going to tell her that she lost her mom?" George sighed, "I don't know. Hopefully it doesn't come down to that. The doctor's still in there. Which means he might be able to fix this." Jack said, "I should've never let her go home alone. I should've waited until tomarrow like I was going to. She would've never been in this situation if I would've just came home with her." George interrupted, "Stop. That's not true. I feel the same way. I offered to go home with her and I should've gone no matter what she said. But I can't let myself keep thinking that. And neither can you." Anna came in and saw her daddy crying, "Daddy. Why are you crying?" Anna walked over to him. Jack picked her up and put her beside him, "Daddy's just a little sad. Don't worry about it." Anna hugged him, "Don't worry Daddy. Doctor's can fix anything." Jack closed his eyes. The words hurt him. He knew that wasn't true. And if it did come down to that, how was he going to explain that to Anna? George sighed, "If you can't stop thinking that for yourself. Do it for Anna." With that said George left and sat in his room.
Two hours later the doctor came out to find Jack in the hall way. "How is she?" George came out of his room and looked at the doctor for the answer. The doctor sighed and shrugged, "I don't know. I was able to mend her broken leg and her cuts. But she's uncconscious. I've done everything I can do for her. Now it's up to her. The longer she stays unconscious, the less chance she has of coming back to us." Jack closed his eyes and took in a deep breath, "May I see her?" The doctor nodded, "Yes you may see her." Jack went in and sat next to her. George sat with Anna and talked to her to keep her mind off of how her mommy was. Jack sat next to Kattie and held her hand. He cried as he look at her still body. He felt as if Victor had just ripped his heart out of him. His heart was aching and his lungs felt like they were they were going to seize, to stop working all together. He loved her with all his heart. If she died, he felt as if he would die.
It was wednesday, January 13th. In the morning when Anna had to go to school. Jack was sitting in the chair next to Kattie, who was still unconscious. George walked in, "Jack. I'll take Anna to school today. You just stay here with Kattie." Jack whispered, "She just lays there sleeping. And everyday she gets paler. Her face is so white. There's absolutely no color to them." George replied, "Try talking to her. Maybe she'll hear you." George shut the door and took Anna to school. Jack leaned forward and held her hand. Jack whispered, "Kattie. If you can hear me, I want you to know how much I love you. Anna loves you too. Don't die on us. We need you here. There's no need to worry about Victor anymore. He's dead. He can't hurt you no more. So please come back to us. Kattie I can't live here without you. And neither can Anna. She can't groe up without a mother. Without you. Wake up Kattie. Please wake up." Jack put his head down on her hand and started to cry. Then Kattie's hand started moving her hand and ran her fingers through his hair. Jack opened his eyes and slowly brought his head up to look at her.Kattie was slowly opening her eyes. Jack got up and kneeled beside the bed, "Kattie." Kattie looked at him and tried to speak, "Jack." Her voice was so scratchy. She licked her dry lips and tried again but Jack stopped her, "Here. Take a drink." Jack lifted her and sat behind her so she could lean on him. He put the cup to her mouth and tilted it so she could drink it. Kattie took a drink and then pushed the cup away from her letting him know that she had enough. Kattie's voice was much better when she said, "Jack. What happend? I don't remember exactly what happend?" Jack got up and layed her back down. He kneeled beside the bed and held her hand, "Well Victor came back. He was waiting here for you. And . . ." Kattie interrupted , "I know what happend then. What happend when he tried taking me downstairs?" Jack continued, "George pulled him back by his throat and Victor pushed you down the steps. But don't worry about Victor anymore. He can't hurt you no more. He's dead. Kattie, can you tell me what happend before we got here?" Kattie looked away and sighed, "I came in here to put my jacket away with Anna. And when I saw him I told her to go in her room and play. Then he kissed me and . . ." Jack squeezed her hand gently, "And? You can tell me." Kattie looked at him, "He made me make love to him. And then he 'wanted' to talk. I got dressed and that's when he started hitting me. And that's what happend before you came in." Jack layed his head down on her chest and wrapped his arms around her, "I love you. You don't have to worry about him no more." Kattie ran her hands through his hair, "I love you too. Thank you. Where's Anna?" Jack whispered, "George took her to school. But once he comes back he's going to go back and get her." Kattie shook her head, "No. Don't do that. She likes school. She can see me after school." Jack lifted his head, "Are you sure? She's been worried about you." Kattie nodded, "Yeah, there's no need to bring her hom from school until it's over. Kiss me." Jack smiled and moved up. He kissed her and she kissed him back. They kissed for the next three minutes. Jack pulled back but Kattie reached up and brought his head back down for another kiss. Jack chuckled as he kissed her. They continued to kiss for the next two minutes. Then Kattie finally let him pull away. Jack laughed and looked into her eyes. Kattie said, "I love you. I needed more of your kiss. The last kiss I got was from a guy I absolutely hated. It was terrible. Your kiss is much better. I almost got sick after kissing him." Jack's smile deepened, "Kisses never taste good or feel good when kissing someone you don't love. That's why my kisses are more appealing."
George arrived at the castle about an hour later. Jack met him downstairs. "Hey Jackk. How's . . ." Before he could finish talking Jack smiled and gave him a hug. Jack pulled back, "She's awake! She's going to be okay!" George's face lit up, "That's great!" George ran up to her room and hugged her. The doctor came a little later and confirmed that she was going to be alright. She was on the road to recovery. When Anna came home she was delighted to see her mom awake and smiling. A few weeks later Kattie was moving around in a chair and she was feeling much better. Life for them was better. Anna grew up nicely and married a blacksmith from town. They had two kids of their own and they grew up; so on and so forth. Imprint

Publication Date: 03-22-2010

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