Ruthless: Black Mountain Academy by Mila Crawford & Aria Cole

Author:Mila Crawford & Aria Cole [Crawford, Mila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

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“It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

Madison

Watching Kyler at the animal shelter was like seeing a completely new person. He actually smiled as a small golden retriever licked him in the face, trying to climb him like a monkey.

“He’s amazing with them,” a middle-aged woman, with salt and pepper hair and ruby red cheeks said, beaming at Kyler with the puppy. “He’s the only person that can make the abused ones calm down. They usually hide or growl at people, but not with Kyler. He’s the kindest, gentlest person I have ever met in my entire life.”

I slowly turned to the sweet looking woman, not really sure if she was talking about the same Kyler I knew. The boy I knew was angry and mean. He was brash and insensitive. Kyler Sinclair was a bully in every sense of the word. But as I watched him smiling at the puppy giving him a bath with his tongue, I couldn’t help thinking that from time to time I saw the guy the puppy saw. The truth was, I knew he was capable of more. I saw moments of kindness and thoughtfulness. I knew he loved his sister, the way he reacted in the hospital told me that. He was genuinely worried; a completely heartless person wouldn’t have done that. Kyler rubbed the back of the puppy’s ears and walked over to me, a smile still plastered on his face. I couldn’t help thinking how beautiful he was when he wasn’t scowling. He was incredibly sexy when he was angry and being mean, but right now he looked almost ethereal.

“Are you going to help, or are you going to just stand there?” he asked, holding out his hand to me. I stared at his long fingers, marred by scars and covered by tattoos. I was worried that if I took it, my skin might ignite by the heat of his skin, but a large part of me wanted to feel his touch on mine in any way I could. Slowly, I placed my hand in his and he closed his fingers on mine. I never understood when my father talked about how my mom was everything until that moment when Kyler Sinclair became a part of me irrevocably.

“This is a different side of you,” I said, as he dragged me towards one of the carts with a frail, thin brown dog huddled at the corner. The poor thing had his head barred and was desperate to move further away from any living thing. His body was shaking and, looking at him, I could tell that his frailness wasn’t due to his breed but to neglect. Kyler opened the door. The sight of the poor puppy's face made my breath hitch and I stumbled back, catching my footing before I fell. “What happened to him?” I asked, creeping slowly towards the dog.

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