Bane by Kristin Mayer

Author:Kristin Mayer [Mayer, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B012HPAIQQ
Goodreads: 22082950
Publisher: K. Mayer Enterprises, Inc.
Published: 2015-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

I’D KNOW THAT voice anywhere.

Fucking traitor.

I trusted that motherfucker and he betrayed me. My insides shook with rage. Hampton played me. That lying sack-of-shit played me for who knows how long. I wouldn’t know for sure until I cross-analyzed the voice on the phone with his. I’d recorded our conversation the other day in the cabin. Felicia was at the hospital. I’d verified the admittance records.

Motherfucker.

Maren leaned back over as dry heaves racked her body. I felt ill for her, knowing how the sting of betrayal felt from your own flesh and blood. My mom had been the worst. As a kid, she’d forced me to con women out of money or I’d be beaten black and blue for days. That was until I stood up for myself at fifteen. After that, she never laid a finger on me again. But, I was still called bastard until I left for the Marines.

Standing, Maren turned into me and sobbed. I hated this for her and felt like the bastard I was for suggesting she call. There wasn’t a breath of space between us as she clung to me. My body craved to be the comfort she needed, but my heart fought it knowing this was going to all come to an end sooner or later.

Crack.

My mind went into defense mode as I watched the branch on the nearby tree fall to the ground. We were exposed out in the open like this. One well-placed sniper and either one of us could be taken out if someone had been tracking us. “Maren, I need us to get back in the vehicle. We need to get back to the cabin.”

Shopping would have to wait until I further assessed the situation.

Nodding, I swooped her up and rapidly got us in the vehicle. Scanning the streets, nothing seemed out of place. There was hardly anyone out on the road which made identifying possible tails easy. There was no way they’d know I was in Colorado, but it wasn’t worth the chance if somehow I overlooked something. Maren looked out the window as silent tears came down her face.

She needed comfort and I wanted to give it to her.

The tree snapping brought too many memories of Jasmine dying back. It was too close to feeling like a gunshot. So many unanswered questions as to what was actually going on. Guilt plagued me for getting Maren into this situation.

As we drove, my mind tried to fit the pieces together as to what was going on. An involuntary shudder went through her body.

“Maren, for what it’s worth, I’m sorry I came into your life and caused all this.”

She sniffled and looked my way. “I’m not.”

I was rendered speechless and something thawed within me. Focus, Bane. History cannot repeat itself. Jasmine and Faith came to mind as I remembered what it felt like as my baby fought to survive. My heart ached. Had Hampton been involved with Eric’s survival? Or was something else at play? Hampton had never seemed like a traitor and there’d been pure satisfaction in his eyes when Eric had been executed.

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