Her Lucky Love by Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Carrie Ann Ryan [Ryan, Carrie Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fated Desires Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-03-01T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Allison ran a hand down Lacy’s hair as her baby slept. She was surprised her daughter could sleep now considering Allison wasn’t sure she, herself would ever be able to sleep again. Whenever she closed her eyes, she thought of the look on her baby’s face with the rope tied around her little wrists.

That wasn’t something a mother could forget.

That wasn’t something a mother should have to live through.

Allison stood up and tiptoed out of the room, tears threatening to choke her. She didn’t want to cry in front of Lacy and wake her up. Her little girl needed as much sleep as possible.

Blindly, she walked down the hallway and ran into a solid chest, startling her.

Brayden.

Wordlessly, he wrapped his arms around her, and she shuddered in his hold, finally letting go of the emotions she had ignored during the ordeal. She’d been so scared they wouldn’t make it in time.

A mother shouldn’t have to deal with the threat of losing her children like that.

Like anything.

When they’d run through the forest looking for Aiden and then Lacy, she’d tried to remain strong, but it had only been a facade. Inside, she’d wanted to cry, scream, and run. Every step that took her further from what she’d known and closer to the unknown perils of almost losing her children had broken her.

She’d never thought of herself as glass, but having to rely on Brayden had just told her what she was.

Weak.

Needy.

“Stop thinking so hard, Ally,” Brayden whispered in her ear, the warm tendrils of his breath sending shivers of need down her spine, a need she didn’t want to acknowledge.

“I’m not thinking hard,” she countered.

“Yes, you are.” He pulled back and rubbed a finger down the middle of her eyebrows to the tip of her nose. “You get this little line right here when you’re thinking about things that make you sad or angry. I know it’s there; I don’t need to see it.”

“Stop knowing me so well, Brayden Cooper.”

“I know you better than I know myself, Ally. Just because I haven’t acted on it doesn’t mean I don’t know you. I didn’t act on it because, at first, I couldn’t, and then later, it was too soon. Yeah, I know three years seems like forever, but I wanted to make sure you were ready. I know what makes you smile, what makes you ache. I know it all.”

Her heart swelled at his words even though she begged it not to. “I don’t know how that’s possible.”

He framed her face and kissed her lips. “I love you, Ally. I’ve always loved you. I just didn’t say it. It’s funny that my family thought I didn’t know my own feelings. But I’ve always known, Ally. Always.”

She let out a breath. “I’m bad for you, Bray. Greg’s parents aren’t going to forget their goal. They want my babies because of the blood that runs through their veins, but I’m not going to let that happen.”

“I’m not going to let that happen either. Those kids are part of you, part of me.

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