Saviors (3)

by Gazellion

"Who am I?" Is the only question running through Winter's mind. "Am I still the Winter Soldier?" She pauses. "Or am I Avery Rogers?" Memories start to trickle in, but she doesn't know what's real and what isn't. How can she tell? How can she determine who she was and who she is now? How will she know? There is both a beginning and an end, but which will she catch first?

25. Sneak Peak - Shattering Relations

Sneak Peak: Shattering Relations - Book 4

A loud masculine groan fills the air, coming from none other than James Buchanan Barnes. He's laying on the floor in a pair of dark jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, a large patch of red dripping down the side of his face and the pounding in his head tells him that something large has been struck towards the back of his head. "What the hell…" he mumbles almost incoherently, his eyes slowly blinking open but they scrunch up again when a bright light shoots at him from the open room's windows

After adjusting himself to the light, his hand moves up to the back of his head to quickly assess the damage done to his skull, and he tries to recollect what has happened for him to end up like this. Everything feels blurry and undefined, the timeline is covered in flashes and they are too quick for him to follow in a direct line.

And suddenly, his eyes widen in realization, a snap in his brain bringing him back to reality - remembering what has happened. His heart clenches deeply while his head spins around the room - completely ignoring the Thor-like hammer banging on the inside of his head - he's looking for a particular someone special to him but she isn't there. He can't see her at all. There's no one in sight and the apartment is a complete mess, it's like a bomb has gone off without all the fire combusting everything to ash.

"Ava!