Shattered Vows (Midnight Manor Book 2) by P. Rayne

Author:P. Rayne [Rayne, P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Piper Rayne Inc.
Published: 2024-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-One

RAPSODY

Kol directs us on the path that will lead down to the stables. The day is overcast, and dark gray clouds roll by. Though it’s still pretty hot, it feels more like a late fall day on the West Coast than a summer day in the south.

“I’m surprised you haven’t ventured down to the stables already,” Kol says.

“I didn’t want to come on my own. I’ve never been around an animal as big as a horse before.”

Kol looks at me with a frown. “Sometimes I forget just how sheltered you were before I stole you away.” He takes my hand.

My heart flutters like hummingbird wings. Since our day by the pond when Kol told me about what his father did to him, I feel as though we’ve turned a corner. I hope I’m right.

“Didn’t you and Alistair ever go on dates?”

I’m surprised he’s asking, though his voice is strained. Kol gets upset any time anything to do with my ex-fiancé comes up.

Which reminds me, I really need to call Alistair and apologize.

“Not really. At first, we’d just chat before and after church service. Then I started attending more group meetings throughout the week to get out of the apartment, and he started showing up to them.”

“Your mom didn’t attend church with you?”

The stables come into view in the distance, looking more like the exterior of an expensive home than somewhere horses sleep and eat.

“No, she never did. I invited her to be polite and offered for her to come with me when I first started asking to go, but she never would. I don’t know why.” I glance at Kol, who has a contemplative look on his face.

“So what did you and Alistair do then?”

“A lot of our time was spent at church. It took months for me to convince my mom to let me go out to eat with him after church. No one was more surprised than me when she finally agreed. I kept pushing, so I think she could tell that I wasn’t letting it drop.”

Once the words are out of my mouth, it dawns on me that I could have done the same when she confronted me about Kol. I could have begged and pleaded for her to let me see him again to see if he had an explanation for everything she’d told me. I know why I didn’t… maybe it’s time he understands too.

“Kol, there’s something you should know.”

He pulls us to a stop with our joined hands. His forehead is wrinkled, and I can tell he has no idea what I’m about to say. “What?”

“The reason why what my mom told me affected me so much…” I nibble on my bottom lip.

He squeezes my hand. “Just tell me.”

“I was conceived the night my mother was raped by a man she was out on a date with.”

White-hot anger burns in his eyes. “How did you find out?”

I sigh. I hate talking about this on a good day, but at a time when I’m hiding

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