Playing with Fire: Orion's Daughter by A.J. Moran

Author:A.J. Moran [Moran, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

Raiden

Ty threw his cards to the table. A black straight, starting with a King. That definitely beat my three of a kind Ace's. I let out a fake groan and tossed my cards face up onto the smooth surface. He cheered and snaked his arm out to pull all the snacks in the pot to his chest.

"Your bluff sucks," he laughed.

"I wasn't bluffing, asshole," I grunted, as I watched him take a bite of an oatmeal pie I had been eyeing.

Carl had retired to the bunk a while ago, so it was just us two in the dim light of the station. I hadn't mentioned how I had epically crashed and burned with his sister the other day. She had avoided me every single time I had reached out to her. I shouldn't have left the house before talking it out with her. Now I've ruined even our friendship, that I had cherished more than anything. If I could take back that one reckless, blissful, life-changing kiss, I would. A snort left my nose with a puff of smoke as I lied to myself.

"So, when are you going to tell me why you've been sulking?" he asked through a mouthful of a second oatmeal pie. He was lucky he worked out so much because that was easily over a thousand calories for the two of them. "Have anything to do with my sister?"

My brow twitched as I tried to keep my face smooth and expressionless. Talking about it with him wasn't something I was sure I could ever do.

"It is!" he yelled. He put way too much excitement into those two words for my misery.

"If it was, I'm not talking to you about it," I said stubbornly as I kicked my chair back to balance on two legs.

"Did you tell her about your other side?" He wiggled his eyebrows, as if my other half was some sexy beast she wouldn't be able to resist.

I swiped all the cards to me and started stacking them together so I could shuffle the next deal. I was sure he cheated.

"You can't stay silent on this forever. You know she will tell me everything," he said.

I highly doubted she was going to tell Ty that I assaulted her with my mouth after making sure she was slightly tipsy. Not that it had been as sinister as that, and I hadn't planned the kiss. I had just been in the moment. It felt right. It felt like she wanted me to kiss her. The mental image of her breaking apart our lips and running from the room was enough to make my stomach drop and nausea roll through me.

I dealt five cards to each of us, still refusing to kiss and tell.

"Anyway," he paused as he perused his cards like he was an actual poker player. "Family dinner at my house on Wednesday. You're invited."

He pushed an oatmeal pie into the middle of the table, and I followed with a nutty buddy bar.

"What's for dinner?" I asked.

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