A Rhapsody of Ravens and Revenge (Dynamis Security Book 2) by Liliana Hart

Author:Liliana Hart [Hart, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 7th Press
Published: 2024-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Cal was driving her crazy. And he was doing it on purpose. Jerk.

Something had shifted between them. They’d been in a battle for years, equally matched in the hardheadedness department, and it was as if they’d both come to an unspoken resolve. She’d spent years trying to replace her love of him with anger, but she was tired. It was hard work to keep that level of hatred in your heart. Especially since she’d loved him for as long as she could remember.

Seeing him again, wanting him again, loving him again…she just didn’t have the strength to go through it all. He’d rejected her. That’s what it really came down to. It hadn’t been a rejection of her looks or her affections, he’d rejected her at the core of who she was.

She’d spent years fantasizing about his reaction when he found out what she was capable of. That she was his equal in every way. She thought it would open his eyes and make him really see her. That she was no longer the little girl who followed him around like a puppy. But a woman who could match him in every way. She’d been sorely disappointed that the reality hadn’t lived up to the fantasy. But it was her own fault. She recognized now the girl who’d been starved for attention from the men in her life. To be able to prove that she was just as capable and just as worthy of the love, time and attention that her father gave to his agents. She’d gone about it the wrong way, and there was nothing she could do to change the past.

She was done being held under Cal’s thumb. If she had to confess her sins to her father she would. But being around Cal again had opened something up inside of her. Even his kiss had been like a veil being removed from her eyes. And she was done living half a life. She was done not being who she was meant to be.

Cal had set up shop in the kitchen. His computers were lined up like soldiers on the big breakfast table and he sat at the keyboard like a king, his fingers moving from one to the other as naturally as some people might breathe.

She knew what it felt like. Knew the rush of power that one tiny command could bring. And there he sat, looking better than he had any right to and just as dangerous. His hair was tousled and a little long around the collar and ears. After they’d come back from the beach he’d changed into a pair of loose-fitting lounge pants and a white T-shirt that hugged his biceps and chest like a second skin. His forearms were strong, the muscles there prominent, and she wanted to get a closer look at the tattoos that ran from shoulder to wrist.

Cal was built like a boxer, with well-defined muscles and an athletic build that made women take a second look whenever he walked into a room.

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