Chasing Trouble by Layla Nash

Author:Layla Nash [Nash, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B015ASJGWE
Goodreads: 26597993
Published: 2015-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

I woke with a massive headache beating behind my eyes, the result of crying instead of the mojo, for once. Lesson learned. Never admit to sleeping with a guy to pay him back for something nice. Maybe normal people didn't think that way. Maybe that was something else to thank Gran for. I took a longer shower than normal, just to avoid going into the living room and potentially facing the humiliation of talking to Benedict. Clearly he wanted nothing else to do with me -- whether that was because of the sex or me being a monster didn't really matter.

I braided my hair back tightly and used a few loose bobby pins to secure more of it. I couldn't face the bears with random tendrils sneaking out. It seemed to be getting wilder with each passing day. I'd never had this much trouble with the hair before. My hands paused as I added another hairband to the braid. Just since I met Benedict.

Maybe he wasn't good for my control. Maybe he kept the ice back but made everything else worse. I scrubbed my face with cold water, furious with myself. Stupid mistake. Stupid ridiculous fairytale mistake. Monsters didn't get happy endings. Monsters died, the hero saved the real princess, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Tears burned my sinuses again, a terrible fiery pain compared to the icy one, and I washed my face again. Put on the mask that saved my ass in foster care, and marched out of that room like I didn't care about anything.

Ruby waited for me downstairs, along with her brother and Benedict. Their heated discussion silenced as I walked into the main area, and all three looked at me. I knew they'd been talking about me, arguing about me. Probably about who got to turn me over to Val. So I slung my bag over my shoulder and nodded to the three of them. Time to be an adult. Hike up my big girl panties and deal with the consequences of my actions. "Thanks for letting me stay, Ruby. I'm gonna go find Val before she finds me."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Rafe moved around the bar, eyes narrowed. "Why are you leaving?"

"Look, you guys don't need me around." I smiled at much as I dared. "The hyenas are going to start some shit over this, and I don't want it to blow back on you. It's fine. So instead of you guys having to come up with a reason to kick me out, I'll just go. Really, I --"

"What the hell did you do?" This time it was Ruby, but she glared at Benedict.

He shook his head, watching me. "Why are you really leaving, Eloise?"

"Like I said." My words cracked and I had to swallow a knot of regret. "I'm bad luck, this won't work out. I'd rather leave now than get booted later."

Ruby punched his shoulder. "You fucking ass, what did you --"

"It's not his fault." I had to pitch my voice over the growl emanating from Benedict, but I held up my hands to cut them both off.

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