Screaming by Jayce Carter

Author:Jayce Carter [Carter, Jayce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2022-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

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The cool breeze moved my hair, making it tease the nape of my neck as I waited.

It was time. I’ve given the men their choice, had left them to it, and now I had to simply wait and see.

Aaron and Moa sat beside me on the porch in the front yard. The time we’d spent here had soothed a part of me I hadn’t even realized was so wounded. While in Larkwood, I’d found love. What I hadn’t made were friends, and it wasn’t until I spent time with Aaron and Moa again that I remembered how much I needed that. They made me feel grounded and content and whole in a way that the men I loved couldn’t. It reminded me that I needed more than just romantic bonds in my life.

They’d come outside with me to wait no doubt because despite the confidence I’d tried to have, I still couldn’t help but worry. What if they didn’t come? What if I never saw them again? What if I was alone again?

Still, I tried to play that off, to look in control and unconcerned. The way I peeled at the label of the water bottle in my hand showed my nerves.

“They’ll come,” Moa said, but I heard her doubts loud and clear.

I shrugged in response.

“They can’t not come,” Aaron added on. “I saw how they looked at you—no way they’ll no-show.”

Their certainty didn’t make me feel any better. It seemed like when a parent told a kid that the only reason they were picked on was because the bully is jealous. It sounded great, but it was rarely true.

I wanted the men I loved to show up, but I understood if they didn’t.

“If they don’t come,” Aaron asked, his voice low and careful as though he hadn’t wanted to upset me. “What are you going to do?”

“Nothing changes,” I wrote. “I still have to go back. I’ll do it alone if I have to.”

“Not alone,” Moa said, reaching over to place her hand on mine. “You’re not alone anymore, Hera, no matter what happens.”

Aaron stretched across the table to set his hand on top of Moa and mine, making us feel like the team we’d been before. “We’re here. Even if they don’t show, that won’t change.”

And that helped. After thinking they’d both abandoned me, this connection to my past helped center me, helped me tell myself that no matter what, I had this handled. I could adjust and adapt and I would go after what I wanted no matter what others did.

“Take your hand off my mate before I remove it for you.”

That threat, all but snarled out in a rough and angry voice, melted me in a way that was damned near embarrassing. Though, not as embarrassing as just how fast Aaron tore his hand away.

I turned to find Brax standing there, his eyes bright and angry, the jealousy there obvious.

And with him?

Everyone.

Deacon stood beside Brax, his purple eyes appearing no happier about Aaron touching me than Brax had.

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