Resist (Legends and Love #4)

Prologue

I turn the TV off and let the hotel room lapse into silence, the darkness surrounding me only interrupted by my bandmate’s snores. The rhythmic sound is as familiar as my own breathing, but it’s not enough to relax my troubled soul for me to sleep tonight.

My eyes land on the bed I should be sleeping in, one side of the covers pulled back, the other wrapped tightly around him.

He’s the reason I can’t sleep.

I stare at his unmoving form, wishing he were as troubled as I am and understood why everything is changing yet staying the same all at once.

We are on our way to the top and finally getting our big break with this tour. The world knows our names, and all the tiny shows and empty seats are finally worth it, but I can’t help missing the simplicity of our lives then.

The contract we signed today burns a hole in my bag, the words echoing in my head and heart, reminding me why I’m so restless.

I can’t have him.

It wasn’t blatantly stated in so many words, but it might as well have been.

Can I stop these urges and feelings?

I have to if we want to make it to the top. This is our time, and I won’t ruin that for us all because of this forbidden love inside me.

He isn’t mine, and he can’t be, so why do I wish he were?

Why do I wish he loved me like I love him?

No, I must resist.

I have to.