SINS of the Rex Book 2 by Emma Slate

Author:Emma Slate [Slate, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

I dozed as dawn turned into day. A baby cried, but I thought it was just a dream. It wasn’t until I felt a hand on my shoulder and I came awake that I realized it was Hawk.

Weariness tugged at my body, but I forced myself to stand and take Hawk out of the living room so he wouldn’t disturb the other sleeping occupants. Ash and Duncan were spooning on the couch and Flynn was asleep, sitting up in a chair.

Sasha followed me upstairs to where I’d originally found Hawk. I took my son to the changing table and put him in a fresh diaper. I sat down in a chair and settled Hawk on my lap as I made a move to unbutton my shirt. Sasha turned his back to give me privacy.

Hawk had been drinking from a bottle for weeks, but I hoped he would go back to breastfeeding. I put him to my skin and waited.

“We have to burn down the house,” Sasha said, his back still to me. “All of our prints are everywhere, there are a bullet holes in the walls, and a body.”

“How are you still able to function?” I asked, sighing in relief when I felt Hawk nuzzling against me. Instinct would trump learned behavior. I hoped.

“Energy drinks,” Sasha said in a moment of levity. He paused for a moment and then said, “Are we going to talk about the state of Winters’s body?”

“I’d rather not,” I said, switching Hawk to the other breast, but he seemed finished for now.

“Barrett,” he said softly.

“Let’s not do this, Sasha. You saw the body. Flynn saw the body. We don’t need to rehash it.” I closed my shirt. “You can turn around now. I’m decent.”

He rubbed his jaw as he turned. His blond stubble made a raspy sound in the quiet, his blue eyes bright even though they were etched with fatigue. How was he still going?

“Because I’m the only one who can,” he said, answering me.

I blinked. “Did I speak out loud?”

“Yes.”

I sighed. “I’m more tired than I realized.”

“We should wake the others. We all need to talk.”

I stood with Hawk in my arms and followed Sasha back down to the living room. Duncan and Flynn were already awake, speaking in low tones while Ash continued to sleep. Duncan’s hand stroked Ash’s arm in a gesture of love and comfort.

“Any coffee in this place?” Duncan asked. “I can’t plan without a cup of coffee.”

“I’ll see,” Flynn said, pushing himself out of the chair. He strode to me and placed a chaste kiss on my lips and then ran a hand over Hawk’s head, which had sprouted fine dark hair while he was away from us.

What else had we missed?

A bout of rage suddenly overtook me, making me want to kill Winters all over again, but make his death last longer. My kidnapped child combined with the wrath I felt towards Winters had taken me to a place inside myself that I hadn’t known existed.

The bastard should’ve suffered more.

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