Shadow by Winter Sloane

Author:Winter Sloane [Sloane, Winter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2024-07-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Shadow rode back to the MC clubhouse with Camilla seated behind him. The atmosphere between them remained heavy with tension.

Shadow could sense Camilla’s unease, her body rigid against his back, her breaths shallow and rapid. He wanted to reach out to her, to offer some form of comfort, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Not now.

Thoughts raced through his mind, each one more troubling than the last. Camilla was sister to Fernando Hernandez, the leader of a notorious cartel. The realization hit him like a sledgehammer. He had been harboring feelings for a woman involved in a world like his own.

Camilla had mentioned her family was complicated, but this took the cake. Yet, despite the danger she posed to Shadow and the Death Seekers, every fiber of his being rebelled against the idea of letting her go back to that life.

Once they were in his room, Shadow watched as Camilla took a seat at the edge of his bed. Her shoulders slumped, and her eyes seemed distant. He couldn’t bear to see her like this, the sight of her so defeated tugged at his heartstrings.

Moving closer, Shadow sat down beside her and reached out to gently grasp her hand. As their eyes met, he could see the vulnerability in hers, the unspoken pain and fear that lingered within.

“I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere,” he murmured.

He brushed away the tears gathering in the corners of her eyes, hating he was the cause of it.

“I didn’t mean to deceive you,” she whispered.

Shadow shook his head. “I know you didn’t,” he assured her.

He listened intently as she recounted her life before her kidnapping, the restrictions and isolation imposed upon her by her brother’s world.

“All my life, I lived in my brother’s shadow. Because of what he did for a living, he said he needed to always keep me close, because his enemies would use me against him,” Camilla said.

She recounted how her life had been before her kidnapping.

“I needed one of his men to accompany me even to the grocery store,” Camilla added with a bitter laugh. “You can imagine, I didn’t have many friends. I felt like a prisoner. The day before I was taken, my brother and I had a terrible fight. He wanted to marry me off to one of his allies, and I refused,” Camilla said. “The next morning, I felt suffocated, like I couldn’t breathe, so I went for a run.”

Shadow could feel her pain as she recounted the events.

“And the Reapers knew who you were. That’s why they kept you in a separate room,” he said, understanding dawning on him.

“Not at first, but one of them eventually figured it out,” Camilla admitted. “They said they had grand plans for me.”

She shivered involuntarily. Shadow pulled her close into a protective embrace. Leaning in, he pressed his mouth over hers. Camilla clutched his shirt and responded, the kiss hungry and tasted a little of desperation.

It dawned on Shadow that he didn’t want to lose her and he didn’t care who her brother was.

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