Teaser Thursday! ‘Ashes to Ashes’ by Natalie Bennett

Oct 11, 2018 | Guest Spot, Teaser Tuesday, Writing

Just Breathe releases on Monday, lovelies!  Words are flowing, wine is flowing, things may be okay for now.  I wanted to drop this off for you because it sounds SO GOOD and I can’t wait to dive into Natalie Bennett’s story.

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Ashes to Ashes

I was ashes. He was dust. We forged a blood pact over angels made of snow. It was stronger than a vow and deeper than a promise. Where one went, the other swore to follow. We were always supposed to be together. What we had was greater than love. It was gratitude, trust, and vulnerability. No barriers, no secrets. Just him and I. I thought he’d make me whole. He only left me broken.

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Excerpt

Sometimes it felt like too much. Too much sadness, but not just sadness.

No, It was so much more than that. It was too much anger. Too much disappointment. Too much feeling like an unwelcome stranger inside my own body. Too many highs to crash and burn because of miniscule speed-bumps that everyone else dealt with just fine.

Even worse was the inability to talk to anyone about it because no one ever understood.

So I hid it behind smiles, beneath pretty dresses, make-up that I loathed, and in the bloody cuts, he used to create on my thighs. Looking back at my twenty-two years through a microscopic lens had me laying blame on my crack-whore of a grandmother’s doorstep.

I didn’t know who my actual mom was and my father was just some random guy who didn’t wrap his dick up. I’m not sure if he knew I existed and I no longer had the energy to care. I just wished someone would have taken the time to get me help before I became…this.

I was at a point where I no longer cared to hide the wreckage inside me. The night before I’d gone to bed praying for death.

So why was I wide awake? For a moment I was confused, but then reality quickly honed in.

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Natalie Bennett is your average socially awkward author that turns her spontaneous head ramblings into stories. She has a penchant for writing about villainous immoral men, crazed anti-heroines, and tends to deviate away from traditional HEA’s. She likes chocolate, Netflix, and Prickly Pear Margaritas.  When she isn’t writing she’s hanging out with her husband and their three (adorable) spawns.