Dallas Fire & Rescue: Commanding Heat (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Fiery Fairy Tales Book 3) by Siera London

Author:Siera London [London, Siera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Trace snuggled up behind Tori. Her full bottom cradled his semi-hardness, the man in the moon lounging without a care. It was Saturday morning, the crack of golf balls struck with an open club face filtered across the balcony and into his bedroom.

“You awake?” he asked pulling her closer to his body.

“I could be.” He heard the laughter in her voice.

“Turn over.”

She giggled and did as he asked. “I thought we tried this position already.” They were face-to-face now.

“Woman, get your mind out of my boxers.”

“Oh, I thought I had gotten rid of all of those last night.”

“We can arrange that,” he laughed.

“Please do.”

She trailed her fingers down his abdomen.

“You ready to talk about the room across the hall and this scar?”

He wasn’t, but for her he’d try. After their second lovemaking session, she’d asked him about the wound. Instead, he’d pulled her beneath him and loved her past the point of exhaustion.

“It was my sister’s room.”

“Oh.” Trace could hear the surprise in Tori’s voice.

“So,” her voice soft, “the best friend and the books...belonged to your sister.”

When he didn’t say anything more, she tried to circle his body and pull him in for an embrace. It had been a long time since another comforted him. That it was her, pleased him. It felt good to mention his sister. Time had faded the bad memories under the bright light of the good times they had shared.

“After she finished college, the plan was for her to relocate from Colorado to Key West. Our parents had died in a car accident and there was no reason for her to return to the Samoan islands. But, she met someone on campus. She didn’t realize it until it was too late, but her new boyfriend was a heroin addict. She started using. I put her in treatment programs a few times, but she never stayed. Six years ago, she called and said she wanted help getting clean. I flew to Denver, got to her place, and found her coming down off a high. We argued, and then...it happened so fast. She ran. I tried to stop her. She grabbed the knife from the block and lunged for me. I saw the blade. Knew I had failed her. When the tip pierced my skin, the knowledge that I hadn’t protected her, hurt worse than the actual jagged cut.”

“No, no...” Tori plead. “You tried to save her. Somewhere inside she knew you loved her. What happened next?”

“She called an ambulance, and then overdosed herself on heroin before they arrived. She took care of me, staunched the bleeding until the paramedics got there. Guess she remembered some of the things I’d taught her during my training.”

“Oh God.”

“She died in my arms.” He squeezed Tori harder. Neither of them spoke for long seconds. “Teuila would’ve liked you.”

“I’m so sorry, Trace.”

Her voice held genuine regret at his loss, but not pity.

It didn’t hurt so much to talk about it now. Teuila was in a better place and so was he.

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