My Hero (Iron Fiends Book 4) by Winter Travers

Author:Winter Travers [Travers, Winter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Yarder

I woke up in the middle of the night, feeling the weight of Poppy’s presence next to me. She was kneeling on the floor by the couch, her head resting on the cushion beside me. The soft glow of the moonlight illuminated her features, and I couldn’t help but admire the peaceful expression on her face as she slept.

I brushed a strand of her brown hair away from her face and whispered her name softly, “Poppy, babe.”

She stirred and slowly lifted her head, a hint of uncertainty in her eyes. “Uh, oh,” she whispered back.

“Are you okay? Why are you on the floor?” I asked, confusion tingeing my voice. I must have drifted off before I even realized it, but what puzzled me more was why Poppy was down on the floor.

“I, uh, well, I couldn’t sleep, so I just came over here to put the blanket over you, and I may have fallen asleep?” she explained, her words trailing off with uncertainty. “That sounds really lame, huh?”

A chuckle escaped my lips. “Seeing as I don’t have a blanket on me, yeah, you might need to rethink your story.”

With a playful squint, she closed one eye and glanced at me. “Can I just feign sleepwalking and go back to the bed?”

I reached out and gently brushed her hair aside. “Negative, babe. Just tell me what’s going on in that head of yours.” There was no point in skirting around whatever was happening between us.

“I just wanted to be closer to you,” she admitted simply. “I don’t understand why or what is making me feel this way. I’ve been alone for so long and am comfortable not needing anyone, but it’s different with you.”

Her words struck a chord within me. I knew exactly what she meant. Despite the camaraderie of the club, I had always been guarded, wary of letting anyone too close. But with Poppy, it was different.

“Oh gosh,” she sighed, sounding almost defeated. “And now you’re not even talking to me. I shouldn’t have said anything.”

Instinctively, I reached out, catching her arm as she made to stand up. “Don’t go,” I barely whispered.

In her eyes, I saw a reflection of my own struggles. The years spent fending for myself had left me with a deep-seated mistrust of others. It was a feeling I recognized in Poppy.

As I sat up, she knelt between my legs, her gaze fixed on mine. “You’re me,” I began, hesitating.

Her head tilted in confusion. “Okay?”

“I mean, I’ve been where you are,” I clarified, “and I don’t want you to think you’re not meant to be here. I know if I was you, I would be so fucking wary of anything coming out of my mouth.”

Poppy nodded in understanding, her expression mirroring the skepticism I had once worn like armor.

“When I told you that you could make payments on your car, what did you think?” I asked, curious about her perspective.

Chewing on her bottom lip, she hesitated before replying, “Uh, that I was going to have to do something for you.

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