Archer by Haley Jenner

Author:Haley Jenner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, erotic, love, contemporary, alpha, heartbreak

I pace the length of the cell, a space I’ve now become accustomed too. I’ve counted every brick, every crack, and every chip. I know it as well as I know my own home. Could tell you many steps across and back, to the bars and to the far back wall.

“Thatcher, call Belle to come and get me,” I yell and my voice shouts back at me, echoing through the empty space.

I try this time and time again and every time my demands go ignored. Unanswered. “Thatcher, you motherfucking piece of shit. CALL. ANNABELLE.” I scream, over and over again, shaking the bars, rattling the small space.

“Calm down, Dean,” Sheriff Thatcher sighs, coming into view. “You’re not getting out tonight. You’re too worked up. You’re fucking lucky your friends were there tonight, you could have killed Pendal and woulda been stuck in here for a lot longer than a night.”

“He fucking deserved it. Talking about Belle the way he was,” I spit, pushing away from the bars.

“I know son, witnesses all collaborated that. Lucky you were too pissed to do any real damage. Surface wound,” he informs me.

Breathing in deeply, Thatcher takes in my broken state, shaking his head in disappointment. “Can’t let you out tonight, Archer. You’ll go on a manhunt for her and I can’t have you tearing up town lookin’ for her. I’ll let you out in the morning, when you’re sober and have had time to cool down.”

“Just call her. She’ll get me. She’ll take me straight home,” I plead, my hand closing around the cold metal of the bars once again.

“Already tried, Archer, she didn’t answer, and before you suggest it, tried her numerous times over the last hour. No go, kid. Get some sleep,” he offers apologetically before walking away.

I yell. I scream at nothing and listen to the pained echo yell back. I punch the wall, ripping open my knuckles. I drop down onto the cot, defeated. Tears sting my eyes as I lay down and I try in vain to stop them leaking out, palming my eyes with excessive force to keep them contained. I’m so fucked up right now.

She didn’t even answer. Not one of the phone calls. She wouldn’t come for me. How did I let myself get to this place? I’ve done it. Finally done it. I’ve lost her. I’ve lost Belle and I know I should feel relieved, that I should let her go and be happy. But I feel fucking miserable. I want her gone, because I need her to stop reminding me of what could have been. But she belongs with me. She’s mine and the knowledge that she might not love me enough to fight anymore, hurts bad.

I’m so fucked up.

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