Preacher with Ryker & Badger by Harley Wylde

Author:Harley Wylde [Wylde, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIN 008959-02898
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Published: 2019-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Laken

He was here. Ryker was really here, sitting next to me, eating a meal that I had cooked. Part of me was panicking, and the other half was just thrilled to see him again. But why had he returned? I still didn’t know for certain why he’d left. Had he been called back to Hades Abyss? Or had he left because of me? I had so many questions, and I wasn’t sure I was brave enough to ask. Mostly because I didn’t know if I wanted to hear the answers. If I was the reason he’d left, my heart would likely break a little more, and I wasn’t certain there was much left of it. When I’d found out he was gone, had left without saying goodbye, I’d felt completely shattered.

The way Flicker was watching us didn’t help matters any. I wanted some alone time with Ryker. I needed answers, and I didn’t think Ryker would be very forthcoming with Flicker hovering. I didn’t think big brother was going to let that happen, though. He’d made it no secret that he didn’t care for Ryker, and I doubted that had changed in the past month. If anything, he probably hated him even more, with the way Ryker had taken off and left me.

“I guess we don’t know much about each other,” Ryker said. “You’re a good cook. I’m going to assume the flowers and gnomes out front were your doing. Do you enjoy gardening?”

“I do,” I said, smiling. “I like mixing different colors of flowers and finding cute things to accent the garden and yard. Makes the place feel more like a home and not just a house.”

“Maybe you can do something with my place,” Ryker said.

I set my fork down and stared at him. “Your place?”

He nodded. “A little house down the road a bit from here. Torch is letting me use it. I’m now the liaison between Hades Abyss and the Dixie Reapers.”

My mouth dropped open a little. Did that mean he was here to stay? Torch wouldn’t have given him a house if this wasn’t a long-term thing, right? But the question was whether or not Ryker had been forced to come, or was he here for me and the baby? Did he actually want us in his life?

“You have a house here?” I asked, not sure I’d heard him correctly.

He nodded. “It’s a three-bedroom, two-bath. Not as big as this place, but I think it has potential. I’m shit when it comes to decorating and gardening, though. Think you might want to come check the place out? Give me some pointers?”

“You want me to decorate your house?” I asked softly.

“I want you to make it a home,” he said. “Maybe a home you’d like to live in one day.”

I swallowed hard, and my hand shook as I reached for my fork. I couldn’t look at him, not without giving away all of my feelings. I wanted that, so very much. But I was afraid that if I reached for that dream, he’d change his mind.

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