Bane's Dragon: Revival (Bane Dragon Wars Book 4) by Roxie Spears

Author:Roxie Spears [Spears, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal & Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Adult Themes, The Shifters Mate, Supernatural Fantasy, Protection & Safety, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Multicultural & Interspecies Relationships, Romantic Schemes, Dangerous & Deadly, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Intrigue, Mythical Creatures, Action & Adventure, Violence & Crime Story, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Hearts Desire, Futuristic, Beautiful & Feisty, Interspecies Relationships, Genetic Engineering Fiction, Bane Dragon Wars Series
Publisher: Roxie Spears
Published: 2020-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“I’m really sorry about last time,” Colt said, reaching for Maggy’s hand. She didn’t resist his touch, but put her other hand over his, keeping him warm.

“Don’t be,” she replied, lowering her head a little and shaking it. Her hair danced across her shoulders and her face fell into the soft yellow light of the restaurant. The faint melody of the piano played in the background, present but not evasive. Colt had managed to take Maggy out on a fancy date; he hadn’t done that since Leah. He was proud of himself, and rather giddy that she had agreed to go out with him again. “Listen, I don’t know what it’s like to have kids of my own, but I’m sure raising a child is a tricky thing.”

“It can be horrible sometimes, I’m not gonna lie,” Colt said. There was a pause. Suddenly the piano music was too loud to bare.

“You know I’ve always wanted kids, but I never really-”

“Got around to it?”

They laughed. “I was married once.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I just recently got divorced, actually.”

Colt didn’t really know what to say. He just waited for Maggy to ease herself into this conversation, and she did.

“He was my high school sweetheart,” her lips twisted to a smile. “He was popular, charming. We went to college together, then we moved in together, got married.”

“Then what happened?”

“Then he got violent. He would yell at me for putting too much salt in his food. Then he would shove me, but lightly. Then the shoving turned into pushing, then that turned into him beating me every night. Hey, you don’t have to feel sorry for me.”

“I don’t,” Colt’s face came to a relaxed state. His forehead had been wrinkled and his eyebrows furrowed together; just the idea of anyone harming Maggy made him furious. He wondered when he had gotten so protective over her, but it all made sense in his head.

“It made sense to run away,” she admitted. “But I didn’t. I kept telling myself he would stop, blaming it all on the circumstances, but never him. It was never him. Joshua was a good guy; he would never hurt a fly. I kept telling myself this. The Joshua I knew volunteered at pet shelters every Tuesday. He laughed a lot. He had a lot of friends. But in the end I realized that it had nothing to do with this.”

“And then what did you do?”

“It was a day before his birthday, and I didn’t know what to get him. So I went down to the mall and started shopping for men’s cologne. I found a few that I particularly liked, so I tried them on at the store. When I came home that day, he smelled them on me, somehow became convinced I was cheating on him with this guy from work.”

Colt crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. Maggy’s eyes were wide, like she was reliving that nightmare all over again.

“I still remember the look on his face. It was almost like he wasn’t with me, like his head was someplace else, like he was on something.

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