Hawk by Elizabeth Knox

Author:Elizabeth Knox [Knox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781700354051
Goodreads: 45021501
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2019-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

18

“If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with a heart of an angel.”

~ @Truth Inside Of You

Hawk

Tommy and I leave Al out back in the snow, bloodied and bruised. I highly doubt he’ll be walkin’ straight for a long time. Serves him right for his despicable thoughts. The two of us head into the bar through the back door and I don’t see Raven preparing drinks. Instead, Frank is there waiting on patrons and a knot forms in my stomach.

I’ll be damned. This woman should know better than to disappear, especially after what she’s just gone through. I walk right up to Frank and lean over the bar top, “Where the hell is Raven?”

Frank rolls his eyes at me while he wipes out a glass with a white cloth and points over in the corner. I turn my head over my shoulder and see Raven’s sittin’ in a booth with some scrawny-lookin’ dude. He has a plate of food in front of him and she’s nodding her head as they chat. I don’t know why, but somethin’ is rubbin’ me the wrong way about this guy.

“Thanks,” I mutter to Frank, making my way over to Raven and the stranger who’s sittin’ a little too close for comfort.

Raven doesn’t even see me approaching, she’s still chattin’ away to this guy while I’ve been standin’ here for at least a minute. The dude’s eyes are trained on me, but Raven is lost in her own little world. It makes me wonder if this guy is from her past. I remember her ex worked here but this isn’t the same person. He does look a bit like Raven though, with the same black hair and nose structure.

“Can I help you?” the man asks me, and I narrow my eyes. It should be me askin’ him that question, not the other way around.

Raven’s head jolts in my direction, “Hawk! This is my brother, Matthew.” Now that I’m gettin’ an even better look at him up close, I see he has the same eye color and that plumberry tone on his lips too. Of course, they’d be related. It was stupid of me to think anything other than that.

“Ah, nice to meet you, bud,” I say, takin’ a seat down next to him. We’re in a booth, so Raven is on his opposite side and I’ve got him pinned in now. “I didn’t realize you lived close by. It must be great to see your sister.”

“I don’t—” he starts to say but slams his mouth shut.

“We grew up out in Warren. I’m not entirely sure if Matthew has been livin’ out there, though,” Raven says to me but continues to look at her brother. There’s obviously some tension here that I don’t know about.

“I live out in Bearcreek now. Haven’t been in Warren in a couple years,” Matthew replies.

“No shit, they have a nice little town out there if my memory serves me correctly.

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