Fangs (Steel Scorpions MC Book 6) by Savannah Rylan

Author:Savannah Rylan [Rylan, Savannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

14

JULIA

“Oh, my God,” I groaned as I flopped down onto the couch. “I’m absolutely stuffed.”

Tee burped as she pulled a blanket over our tired bodies. “I could sleep for days after that meal.”

I rubbed my belly. “It was good though, wasn’t it?”

“You think they’d tell us what’s in that marinade they put on those things?”

I giggled as I slid my feet beneath her butt. “I’m sure I could pry it out of one of them.”

“You mean, like Fangs?”

I swatted at her. “Can it, you.”

“Hey,” she said as she turned on the television, “I’m just commenting on what I see.”

My cheeks grew hot. “Well, unsee it.”

“Unsee it, like I’m not seeing you blush right now?”

I shot her a look. “Cool it, Nancy Grace.”

She barked with laughter, and it was the most amazing sound I’d ever heard. With our legs tangled together and our bodies sharing an oversized blanket, I couldn’t stop staring at her. Those two weeks might as well have been two fucking decades because she looked so different. Her eyes had aged. Her lips downturned a bit more than usual. Sometimes, when I moved a funny way, she winced.

I had a feeling that neither of us would ever be the same after this.

Then, my sister’s voice cracked as she spoke. “Do you think we can trust these guys?”

Tee’s voice was so soft that I almost didn’t hear her. But when her words finally registered, I didn’t hesitate to respond. “Right now, they are our best shot. But we’ll see how that evolves one day at a time, okay?”

My sister nodded softly, but it felt like there was more lingering up in her head. Her gaze looked preoccupied elsewhere, despite the television landing on one of her favorite sitcoms, Frasier.

“I didn’t even know they played Frasier on television anymore,” I murmured.

Tee sighed. “It’s Netflix. This is Netflix.”

I squinted my eyes and stared at the television. “So, I guess I’m not the only one who’s distracted.”

“Huh?”

I reached out for Tee’s hand. “Talk to me. Right now, I’m the only person who even sort of, kind of, maybe, possibly, even a little bit understands what you’re going through right now. So, just say it. Spit it out, and then we can go from there. Together, all right?”

She dropped her hand tiredly into mine. “How did our lives end up like this, Jay? How—how did we get here?”

I understood the burden in her voice all too well. Ever since Mom and Dad had been gunned down during one of their weekly date nights, things had been rough. Four years of them being gone came and went while the two of us were held captive to our grief, and with every passing year there was more distance put between us and those fond memories. Now, there were only passing holidays. Christmases that were too painful to celebrate and birthdays that were filled with tears rather than smiles.

Visits to their gravesite had taken up our Friday nights instead of dating and boys, and the dark cloud that constantly loomed over us had gotten heavy.

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