Shadow Shifters: Damaged Hearts 2: Part of Me by A.C. Arthur

Author:A.C. Arthur [Arthur, A.C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Contemporary, new adult, Paranormal, Shape Shifters
ISBN: 9781466857094
Google: mDOSAgAAQBAJ
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Goodreads: 19079996
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Lidia

Brayden didn’t look good.

Well, not in the normal sort of way.

So don’t get me wrong, when he answered the door wearing nothing but basketball shorts that hung low—I mean, almost porn-flick low—on his waist, ankle socks, and tennis shoes, my throat instantly went dry. After a brief hello he’d turned to go back into the apartment and I’d had no choice but to follow behind him, seeing the line of sweat rolling down his spine, in between the two strongest and deliciously defined shoulder blades ever.

Aside from the lust that moved through my mind like a runaway storm, I could still sense that something wasn’t quite right.

Brayden hadn’t spoken since the hello and he’d walked straight through his living room, back toward the second bedroom where he kept his weight bench and other workout equipment. He’d always been a workout freak, wanting to keep his body in pristine condition for all the battling he’d presumed he would be doing as an Assembly guard—a fact that had always baffled me since he still ate meat like he might actually die without it.

He was sitting on the weight bench, one elbow resting on his knee while the other arm stretched forward to pick up another weight. Back and forth he flexed the weight as if it were a feather. It had multiple slats on the bar so I knew that wasn’t true, still, I stood watching, mesmerized.

Brayden had a great body, naturally tanned and beautifully sculpted. His black hair was damp, his face serious as he did one rep after another and another. Finally, I figured I’d better speak up instead of staring like some sort of groupie.

“We should talk about this personal thing that’s going on between us,” I started.

My voice sounded really loud since there was no other noise in the room. Unless I counted the occasional release of breath from Brayden and the slight click of the weights as they moved.

Then he dropped the weight to the floor and I jumped.

“Is that what it is, Lidia? A personal thing?”

Okay, he was definitely angry. I knew that tone, just as I knew he’d go for another weight before actually looking up at me.

“Our entire relationship is personal,” I began. “It’s always been that way. You and I were closer than me and your brothers. I knew that and so did everyone else. When I announced what college I wanted to attend everyone was excited for me, but not you. Then you announced you wanted to come along. I should have stopped you because I knew you weren’t interested in school.”

“There was nothing you could have done or said that would have kept me away,” he said defiantly, honestly.

“And you don’t see how wrong that was? You didn’t realize then that this was heading in the wrong direction?” I inhaled again, reaching both hands up to tuck strands of hair that had fallen from my ponytail behind my ears. “We both should have stopped it when we first felt the change,” I added quietly.

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