Surge (St. Martin Family Saga: Emergency Responders) Book 3: St. Martin Family Saga: Emergency Responders by Gina Watson

Author:Gina Watson [Watson, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Collections & Anthologies, New Adult, Contemporary, Sagas, General, Suspense, Family & Relationships, Love & Romance
ISBN: 9781941059159
Google: yGD1AwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Whiskey Cove Publishing
Published: 2014-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The morning after his beating Jackson looked at himself in the mirror and realized he was the monster that stared back. The swelling had diminished, but the bruises and cuts were nasty.

Clay had called. He wanted to take Clara to breakfast. From what he could glean of the conversation Clara had with him he’d made it clear Jackson was not to attend. Martyr that she was, she refused to go without him. It caused another ripple when he tried to convince her to go alone. She’d cried and they’d become frustrated with one another. He was willing to drop her off and wait while she spoke with her brother. Then she’d gone and made perfect sense with her amazing insight—they had to stand together or they’d be torn apart. Why then did it still feel like there was a wedge between him and the rest of her family? She was stuck somewhere between the two—between Jackson and her family. It wasn’t fair to her.

Clara had fretted all night long about Eve. She felt guilty about bringing dishonesty to the newlyweds. She’d cried herself to sleep in Jackson arms as she mourned for her relationship with Clay. She may not understand it, but he knew that’s why she cried.

He thought about the situation in reverse—if he’d had a baby sister and some older guy had taken advantage of her. How would he handle it? Just exactly the same way Clay had. He wouldn’t believe a guy his age would have honest intentions with a girl of eighteen. He cringed when he thought of what he’d done with her when she was sixteen. What was wrong with him? What he’d done was considered rape. That thought had been eating away at him. What they had wasn’t born of a crime. It was honest and pure. Always had been. He knew it all those years ago when he himself was seventeen. She’d been the only one he could talk to about his parents.

Over the years their connection had become intense. When she hit puberty he backed off because at fifteen she’d been beautiful and he’d been attracted to her then. But then she’d needed him after her accident. When she’d stood there naked, revealing all of her vulnerabilities, all he’d meant to do was reassure her and make her confident of her beauty.

Their lives grew entwined like vines. Once they came together in that carnal way their fates sealed and it became impossible to untangle himself from her—they’d become one root. Their physical and emotional strength grew, nourished by the love and need they fulfilled in one another.

With the first touch of his lips to her silky skin he knew he would never be able to pull away without a taste. A taste led to a touch that led to a need for them both. He’d needed to be connected to her on an innate primal level and she’d needed the same. When they came together it was like he’d been reborn. He had her and everything she brought with her—purity, innocence, and truth.

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