Sharing Hazel_Lick of Fire by Kallysten

Author:Kallysten [Kallysten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

As the three of them got back on the road right after sunrise, the car seemed somehow even smaller than it had the previous day. Paris couldn’t think of ever going on a road trip like this one before, even as a child, and if he had any say in it he wouldn’t go on another one any time soon. Being strapped in his seat, not even able to direct the car, made him feel as though he were in a cage. Hours passed in silence, and it was late in the morning when Petro finally spoke, sotto voce.

“Is she asleep?”

Paris twisted in his seat to get a good look at Hazel behind them. She’d laid herself across the backseat, her backpack under her head like a pillow, her knees pulled up close to her chest so that Paris’ jacket covered just about all of her. Her eyes were closed, her breathing slow and regular.

“Looks like,” he replied, just as quietly. “I don’t think she got much sleep at all last night.”

Petro made a sound, almost a grunt, that could have been an acknowledgment or him clearing his throat.

“Right,” he said, “about last night… nothing happened. Really. I’m not a poacher.”

As low as he kept his words, Paris still thought he could hear an accusation in them. ‘I’m not a poacher, unlike you.’ It might be time to clear that up once and for all.

“I believe you. And neither am I.”

When Petro snorted, Paris went on.

“I didn’t court her while you two were together. I even made sure to stay away from places where I might see her. She’s the one who came looking for me, and only after you two had broken up.”

Petro threw him a dark look. Paris shook his head and sighed.

“Think for a moment. I told you she’s got my blessing to be with you. She’s had it from the moment the two of us became a couple. And she won’t do it, because she doesn’t want to cheat. Do you really think she’d have cheated behind your back? Seriously? I know she would never lie like that to someone she loves, and I’ve known her for only a few months. You’ve known her for how long again?”

The leather covering the steering wheel creaked lightly as Petro clenched his hands over it repeatedly. As he kept his eyes on the road, a muscle in his cheek twitched.

“She wouldn’t do that to someone she loves,” he finally agreed after a long moment. “But she doesn’t love me anymore.”

Laughter erupted from Paris’ throat before he could stifle it. He quickly glanced back to check whether he’d disturbed Hazel’s rest, but she still looked fast asleep.

“Bullshit,” he said under his breath. “If you believe that, you’re a freaking idiot and you don’t deserve her.”

“Call me an idiot again and you’ll get what you deserve, I promise you that much.”

Petro was still staring at the road, but it only made the growled threat that much more believable. If it

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