Burn To Ash by KC Kean

Author:KC Kean [Kean, KC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

RYAN

Betty: Please save me.

No three words have ever made me move so quickly in all my life. Ever.

I was in my truck and driving well over the speed limit within seconds of throwing my surfboard on the deck of the beach house and charging out the door.

I didn’t even fucking lock it.

I didn’t even fucking respond to her text.

But now I’m here, frantically searching the roads for her as I remember the way she walked home when I followed after her.

Glancing out of the windows, I reluctantly slow my speed so I can actually watch what’s happening around me, and that’s when I spot a girl—not just any girl—and the state she’s in is unbearable.

Bethany stands on the beach, looking out over the water, with her back to me as I pull my truck over. Her backpack sits just behind her as the water trickles over her toes. I don’t see any shoes beside her bag, so I’m hoping they are inside it, but I know it isn’t likely when I see her in nothing but her panties. Her hair is pulled into a bun on top of her head, and a pair of yoga pants float in the water in the distance.

My heart pounds in my chest as I jump out of my truck, leaving the key in the ignition, and make my way over to her. I instinctively slow my steps as I near, not wanting to startle her at all, so I call out her name, and to my surprise, she turns in my direction.

It takes her a moment to recognize me, but the second she does, her shoulders sag in relief. Her eyes are red and raw, and her skin is blotchy, but I force myself not to check her over until she says so, keeping my gaze fixed on hers as she shivers.

“Thank you,” she whispers, and my heart lurches for her. I don’t know what she’s thanking me for, and I’m not going to ask. I’m going to do exactly as she requested—I’m going to fucking save her.

Without thought, I take a step closer and stretch my arms out, not wanting to touch her without her permission. She immediately steps into my hold, pressing her body against mine, and I wrap my arms around her tight.

It’s as if she crumbles at my touch, letting me catch her like a safety net, and I’m a fucking goner. Whatever blood has to go on my hands, so be it.

My blood rages, and the instinctive Featherstone part of me that has been trained to attack first, think second, has me desperate to place her in my truck, hightail it to her house, and kill every single one of them.

But it seems my heart knows better. I need to be here for her right now, it’s more important.

I stand with Bethany pinned against my chest, her arms banded tightly around me, I don’t know how long we stand here, the sound of the waves crashing at our feet as she sobs against me.

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