Knight Before Christmas: Naughty Christmas in July by Tamrin Banks

Author:Tamrin Banks [Banks, Tamrin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-19T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

Grayson

Her face is pale and I don’t think she’s said more than one word at a time since we walked into her shop and realized how bad things are gonna get. Or have gotten. Seems like we’re in the midst of a massive storm of anger boiling over and someone’s about to get hurt.

It’s my goal to make sure that the person who is doing this is the only one that’s gonna get hurt.

I pull up outside of Raine’s house and park my car, turning to look at Raine. I’ve never seen her so quiet and unmoving. Usually she’s laughing and talking, her hands waving around like she needs them to be moving to talk.

I volunteered to bring her home and since Colt had an emergency call that came in, he agreed that I should take her in. Especially since I live right next door. I would have parked in my own driveway and walked her across but she’s so out of it, I’m not sure she’d even know what was happening. She’s…in shock.

I’ve seen it many times. Victims that have no idea why something happened to them, what they did to bring the wrath of someone down on their heads.

I study her for one minute more, not really sure what to do for her. I just know that I desperately want to take care of her. And I also want to kill the person who did this to her. With my bare hands in the worst way possible.

I reach across and she jumps when I touch her hand gently. “Hey, raindrop. Let’s get you home.” She nods but still doesn’t say anything and I really want to hear her voice. I miss the sound more than I ever thought I’d miss something in my life.

She turns towards the door and then just stops, staring at it like she doesn’t have a clue what to do. I sigh and step out of my car, running around to the door and opening it, holding out my hand to her.

“Come on, raindrop. I’ve got you. You’re gonna be just fine.” She barely glances at me but I know she hears me because her fingers tighten on my hand and she follows me without question.

We walk up the sidewalk to her house and she stops, staring at it blankly. At this point, I just don’t think that she can be left alone by herself so I lean down and pick her up, carrying her over to my place. “I think you’ll be safer over here with me, raindrop.”

Still silent, she reaches over and rests her head on my shoulder, her eyes closing, a single tear trailing down her alabaster cheek, breaking my heart into a million pieces.

“Oh, raindrop. Don’t you worry, baby. I’ve got you and nobody’s gonna hurt you. They’ll have to get through me and I’m a bit of an asshole.”

I groan and settle her deeper into me, fighting the urge to lean down and take that sweet mouth of hers with mine.

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