Rook (Endgame Book 2) by Riley Ashby

Author:Riley Ashby [Ashby, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-20T18:30:00+00:00

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When I woke up, the sun was blazing through my windows, and I was sweating beneath the blankets. I laid there for a few minutes, not remembering why I was here and not in the cottage before it came rushing back. I pushed my face into my pillow, trying to tamp down the shame and anger that rose like a tsunami to drown me.

Running through every detail of the previous night, I forced myself to look back at every touch and gesture, no matter how sick it made me feel. When had a sigh turned from a sound of pleasure into a plea to stop? At what point had her grip on my hair turned from urging to protest, pushing me away instead of pulling me closer? I licked my lips, remembering the way she tasted. I had thought she was made for me. Was I projecting, forcing her into the mold I had fashioned in my mind after so many years of wanting her without acknowledging it? Was whatever existed between us only a symptom of years of lust that we had been too afraid to act on?

Maybe it was always destined to end this way.

“Get out of bed.” The door slammed open, causing me to start as Ellery stormed into the room. He was back in his normal attire, shoes laced in perfect loops and tie straight even though it was before noon on a weekend.

I swung my feet over the side of the bed and stood as he walked to my closet and literally started throwing clothes at me.

“What the hell are you doing?” I asked, catching a shirt midair.

“I’m not letting you wallow in bed all day. You’re not the kind of person who shuts down when something goes wrong. And you’re going to drag me down if I know you’re sitting in here feeling sorry for yourself all day. So get dressed.”

I picked up the socks he had tossed over his shoulder and straightened. “I don’t need you to take care of me.”

He turned to face me, running a hand through his hair as he looked at mine. I reached to flatten it, then stopped. What was the point?

Vail likes it better messy.

Not that that mattered anymore. It wouldn’t matter ever again.

“Honestly, Castel, I’m still resisting the urge to beat you to a pulp right now for the state you left my sister in last night. So if I were you, I’d let me work out this aggression in a healthier way. I meant what I said when I told you that what happened wasn’t your fault. You’re not the same kind of person he is. And she hasn’t been as happy since she got home as she has since you came back and started hanging out with her again. So if you’re going to shut down and run off, I would rather you had never come back at all.”

I tossed the socks on the bed as I pulled the shirt over my shoulders, then stepped into a pair of black trousers.

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