Chasing the Dragon by Tiana Laveen

Author:Tiana Laveen [Laveen, Tiana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Tiana Laveen
Published: 2017-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“That’s not going to allow you as free of a range. Try like this.” She reached over and corrected the angle of his thick, long fingers along the frets. “Okay, do it again.” Phoenix sat in his oversized black leather chair in front of his bedroom fireplace. She’d caught him plucking chords as she walked past some time earlier, his door ajar. “Come in,” he’d said, sensing her presence without even looking up.

Now here she was, giving a guitar lesson. He gripped the acoustic guitar he’d given her in the fashion she instructed, and strummed the chords.

“See? Hear the difference.”

“Yeah.” He smiled. “I do. I’m going to keep the capo at the third fret.”

“Well, that depends on what song you’re going to play me.”

“James Taylor’s, ‘Fire and Rain.’”

She couldn’t help but smile as she leaned back against the chair across from him, folding her legs beneath one another and crossing her arms in anticipation. She couldn’t take her eyes off of him. Phoenix Vincent Hale was a hard man. He worked hard, he fucked hard and he played hard. And now that titanium man filled her daydreams and the soft crevices in between, awakened something within her she believed was impossible… the capacity to be open to love a man fully and completely. After they’d made love, they stayed up all morning talking, laughing, and more loving… Her body and mind hurt for him, he filled an extraordinary hollowness that resided within her she didn’t know was void… and she loved him for that.

He makes me want to be me…

As soon as he began, his fingers in proper placement as he drifted along, note after note, her heartbeat slowed. He sang the lyrics, his voice soothing, hitting every note just right, and she fell deep into the sound.

“I’ve seen fire, and I’ve seen rain…” he crooned in a slow, nostalgic tempo.

When he hit the final note, she applauded.

“You did good. Yeah, that was nice, Phoenix.” She took a seat near him, on the foot of the bed.

“Thank you. I’m a little rusty with that song. Don’t really play acoustic guitar that often either, but like I said to you before, I suppose it’s like riding a bike.” He set the guitar down, resting it against the chair.

She sighed. “Where do I go from here?”

They both stared at the fire. Phoenix cracked his knuckles and leaned forward.

“I’ve been checking out Canada on your behalf, just like I told you previously.” She nodded, not sure how she felt about that, but kept her thoughts to herself. “It’s not safe to try and cross you just yet.” She felt relief at those words, but knew deep down she couldn’t stay holed up in the man’s house forever. “I remember a real quiet night like this back in Nevada.” He looked starry-eyed as he gazed at her.

“A quiet night in Nevada?” She grinned. “Doesn’t sound like that matches up quite right.”

“People think of Las Vegas when there is mention of Nevada, but there are plenty of quiet places, like my old neighborhood.

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