Save Me (Elk Creek) by Lee Crystal

Author:Lee, Crystal [Lee, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crystal Lee
Published: 2013-11-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11-Carter

Christ, she was hilarious. The shit she came up with was too much. I left her bathroom trying to hold my laughter, but as soon as I shut the door I couldn’t hold it anymore. My sides hurt from laughing so hard. I hadn’t laughed so much in all my life. God, she was perfect.

After lying with her last night, and hearing about her dreams, learning they were memories more than a dream, I was sick. My gut was churning, my head was swimming, and when she talked about what Maddox had done, I wanted to kill the son-of-a-bitch all over again.

Picturing her crying out for help had tears threatening to spill from my eyes, and a rage I had never known consumed me. I needed to pound on something. After she had fallen asleep, I got up with the intent to run around the lake. I needed to expel some of the anger and think.

I had run about halfway around the lake before I could start thinking of anything other than the horrible ways Taryn had suffered. The images my mind had conjured up were so vivid that I felt like I was there. I could hear her scream for help and was unable to do a damn thing for her. They were images I couldn’t stand to see, and the pain I felt at seeing her bruised and bloody, struggling to breathe and crying out, was unbearable.

I remembered the little firestorm of a girl she was when we were kids: demanding, cocky, so sure of herself. I still saw that little princess in my spitfire, but the uncertainty and pain she carried had stolen her confidence and self-worth. She had no idea how beautiful, intelligent, and completely addictive she was. I loved her—crazy and maybe stupid—but, there it was. There was no hope of not loving that girl, she had me hooked the second I looked into her big green eyes.

How could I love someone so fast? How could someone take up every thought I had? How could I be so consumed by one person? I didn’t have any answers, only that they all equated to love. I loved Taryn, she had become my everything, and damn, all I had done was kiss her. Go figure.

The epiphany left me energized. I felt invincible, could leap tall buildings in a single bound, all that crazy shit. I sped up my run, and even with the pounding my feet were doing, I couldn’t get rid of the smile on my face. I was bat shit crazy over a girl, and I was anxious to get back to her.

Ethan was in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal when I walked in. I was hoping to catch him this morning, but it was really early. I sucked in a few deep breaths before I could talk. Invincible or not, I was winded.

“You’re up early,” I huffed.

“Yeah, I have to go into Bend today for a meeting. What are you doing up?” he mumbled through a mouthful of cereal.

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