Chapter 22: Rule Number One
"Why?" I asked, more than a little confused. "What's wrong with me that you had to protect me?" I really couldn't understand it. What was the point of looking back and regretting something or feeling guilty for not being able to change the past?
The past was over and done with; there was no point in wishing to redo it.
Ah shit...
'Deal accepted,' came the female voice inside my head, and all of a sudden, it was like I couldn't breathe.
He didn't make a deal. It was just a stupid word, one that everyone says without thinking! He wasn't trying to make a deal! There needed to be a way to go back and change it.
No, I wouldn't accept the deal, no matter what the voice in my head said.
I opened my eyes wide and quickly placed the hand not holding Teddy against Luca's mouth. "Take it back!" I cried, tears flowing down my cheeks as my body started to shake from lack of air. "You can't make wishes, never make wishes."
"I wouldn't even if I could," murmured Luca softly, the back of his hand caressing my cheek as if nothing was wrong.
But why could he understand that everything was wrong?!? Why?!?