Flame Road (Scorch Series Romance Thriller Book 5) by Toby Neal & Emily Kimelman

Author:Toby Neal & Emily Kimelman [Neal, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Sunshine

Jolene ran her hand over Cash’s hair, the silky texture sliding between her fingers as she smoothed a loose curl. With each stroke, a new memory was revealed.

Like when she cleaned the windows of the cabin a few days earlier, every swipe of the newspaper clarified the waterfall beyond, revealing the rainbow in the sunlight. Now each touch of her hand on Cash’s wild locks demystified her past.

His wretched sobbing, the exorcism she had watched unfold in her arms, was the same echo of pain she heard in her own head as her former life revealed itself.

Cash’s cheek rested on her lap. His arm wrapped tightly around her waist and his face was turned away, staring into the fire, as hot tears continued to fall.

Her love for Cash was the throbbing center of her being.

With each burst of insight, each flash of knowing, she returned to that aching core of pure love. Cash’s pain mirrored her own. In Sunshine’s past she’d played the victim, and in Cash’s he’d played the killer.

But those parts weren’t who they were.

As daughter, sister, teacher, and friend, Sunshine had traveled through life trying to be good to avoid getting hurt.

It had never worked. She’d been injured and abused, and she wasn’t good, either. She wanted Cash in a way that had an edge of desperation to it. She couldn’t touch him without wanting him in the worst way, even now when he was hurting and vulnerable.

Cash had spent his life atoning for his sin by trying to save people, and at the same time walling himself off from emotional attachment. But he had treated Sunshine like the brave, strong woman she was.

She would show him who he was to her: the love of her life.

Sunshine tangled her fingers in Cash’s silky hair, the color of wheat, gold, and rich earth. She leaned over and whispered into his ear. The words spilled like droplets from a leaf, gravity pulling them from her lips. “I love you.”

Cash shot up and pushed away from her, blue eyes blazing in his splotchy, swollen face. “No.” His voice was a croak. “You can’t. Didn’t you hear what I said?”

“You can’t spend your whole life trying to be good.” Sunshine’s voice was low and confident. “Because you’re not good. You’re dangerous. A hunter, a stalker, a predator.”

He nodded. “Then you get what I’ve been telling you.”

“And I’m sick of being good.” She’d stopped speaking with her mother and escaped Dwight, but they had still controlled her. She’d been a good girl for them, trying to follow rules they’d violently drilled into her growing up:

Don’t be a slut.

Keep your voice down.

Keep your thoughts to yourself.

Be a good girl.

Like the sun Cash had named her for, Jolene wasn’t just warmth and light. She was scorching and deadly, too. And she wanted to explore her dark side.

Sunshine moved up onto her knees and looked deeply into Cash’s eyes. He tilted his head, confused, but recognizing her desire.

“I want you to fuck me until I scream your name.

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