Cinder by Harley Wylde & Jessica Coulter Smith

Author:Harley Wylde & Jessica Coulter Smith [Wylde, Harley & Smith, Jessica Coulter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIN 008821-02852
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Published: 2019-04-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Meg

It felt like my heart had been shredded and I had no one but myself to blame. I’d known what would happen, that Cinder didn’t want me as a permanent part of his life. The fact he obviously regretted what happened between us was like a knife to my chest. It had been a special moment for me, and I’d felt closer to him than I’d ever felt to anyone. I should have known he wouldn’t have felt the same, but some small part of me had held out hope, even as I’d told myself repeatedly it meant nothing to him. If he didn’t want me at the compound anymore, then I wouldn’t be here. I wasn’t stupid enough to leave while there was a threat to my life, not unless I had some serious protection, but once I was able to, I’d find somewhere to go. Even living on the street was preferable to living in a place where I wasn’t wanted.

I dashed the tears off my cheeks, but more just fell in their place. I’d left the house and he hadn’t even noticed. Even though he thought there was a threat within the gates, I’d needed some space and fresh air. It was stupid, and I could admit that much, but I couldn’t sit in that house with him another moment. I didn’t want to be taken by The Inferno, or anyone else, but I also needed time to think and process everything I was feeling, and I couldn’t do that with Cinder in the same house as me.

I walked along the path that went past the clubhouse and the gate. There were more bikes than usual and I remembered that other clubs might be coming to help end the threat to the women and children. A few bikers in cuts that read Reckless Kings MC loitered out front, as well as two members of Devil’s Fury. One of them I’d met previously, Dingo. He was Jordan’s brother and seemed nice enough.

He glanced my way and frowned, then shoved off the porch railing and came toward me. I didn’t stop, hating that anyone saw me crying. Even when Silva had me, I hadn’t cried in front of anyone after I’d watched his men murder my mother. Crying was a sign of weakness, and I couldn’t afford to be weak.

“Meg! Hold up,” he called out, and started jogging to catch up. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” I muttered and kept walking.

“You’re crying so it has to be something. Talk to me, Meg. My sister adores you, and she’d kick my ass if something happened and I didn’t do anything about it,” he said.

“Just leave it alone, Dingo. I was stupid, that’s all.”

He reached out and grabbed my arm, drawing me to a halt. I huffed out a breath and turned to face him. His eyes were full of compassion and worry.

“Meg, talk to me. Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?”

“No,” I said grudgingly. He really hadn’t.

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