Reining Devotion: A Chaotic Rein novel by Jenner Haley

Author:Jenner, Haley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Camryn

I gave birth to my feelings.

Every sordid one of them.

They spewed forth like an untamed rapid; turbulent and catastrophic.

I all but vomited my damaged heart onto the floor, laying it at his feet, asking him to not judge me for how scarred it was.

My shame exploded in our faces, decimating the wall I’d spent years building up. Only the rubble of my past remained, laid between us like a sacrifice.

I had divulged my most hallowed secret.

To Rocco Shay.

Questionable decision twelve thousand and eighty-five.

Or maybe not.

In that bathroom, standing before me with warmth shining from his icy eyes, he looked like a broken angel.

My imperfect savior.

He wasn’t repulsed, he was captivated.

He wasn’t uncomfortable, he was engaged.

He didn’t pity me, he felt my hatred and met it with his own malevolence.

My fight became his. He vocalized nothing, but I could read the promise in his eyes; storming forward in thick grey clouds of assurance. He’d kill my monster if he could. He’d slay my demons without mercy. Moreover, he’d do it with a smile on his face.

From that fractured moment, something shifted. We changed. A titanium connection was built. An attachment that was forged in the one thing neither one of us ever expected to feel, acceptance.

I wasn’t worried that he’d betray me. Just as he wasn’t concerned that I’d forsake him. Trust flourished and we knew without discussing it that it was solid.

The expiration of our previously agreed upon arrangement has come and gone. Forgotten like our animosity.

Two months have passed by in a blur. Our dependency only growing with each day. We’ve managed to replace our nightmares with one another. Freed from our everyday masks in one another’s company. We’re too afraid to sever the connection for fear of the incidental harm it would cause.

My body is stronger than I’ve ever seen it. Muscle sits on my limbs like foreign additions. Agile and lithe. Rocco has succeeded in crafting my body into its own weapon. I feel energized. I feel capable. I feel strong.

“Are you listening?” Codi snaps her fingers in front of my face.

Smacking her hand away, I nod. “I can’t believe you’re getting married today.”

“I know.” She drops beside me on her childhood bed, the silk of her white robe brushing along my leg.

“Are you nervous?”

Her shoulders lift dismissively. “Not about marrying Parker. I love him. The day seems over the top.”

Dropping my head to her shoulder, I inhale the sweet scent of her skin. “I’m still surprised he was so insistent that you get married in a church.”

Her head moves to rest atop mine. “It’s what Lila would’ve wanted.”

“I’m sad that his mom won’t be with him today.”

She sniffs. “Me too.”

“You don’t find it odd that he didn’t want to invite anyone to his wedding?”

She stands, moving to the box of donuts on her dresser. “No,” she answers, picking up a glazed one and taking a bite. “He’s never told me outright, but I don’t think he or Rocco have any close friends. I guess they’ve kept everyone at a distance their whole lives.

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