Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Loveswept
Published: 2016-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Zane held her tight, his body aching, his own hunger like a heavy drumbeat in his head. The taste of her lingered in his mouth, and he wanted to push her back down onto the bed and take his own pleasure. But she was sobbing as if her heart were being ripped out of her chest so he didn’t make a move, only held her firmly against him.

He didn’t speak, there wasn’t anything to say. She blamed herself for how her sister had been taken away and the hurt of that went deep. Hell, he knew how deep hurt like that went himself. It felt like failure and it colored everything you did, every word, every action. And the real shit of it was that no matter how hard you ran or how hard you denied, it caught up to you eventually.

His chest ached with sympathy for her. For the honest trust she’d placed in that arrogant asshole who’d betrayed her. Whom she’d let into her life because she’d assumed he was trying to help her, and yet who in the end had ended up ripping her life apart.

Not that it sounded like much of a life to start with, left all alone in a scummy trailer park with a little sister to look after. What had happened to her mother? Her father? Why the fuck had she been left alone?

The ache in his chest deepened a bit more and he stroked her hair, feeling the soft warmth of her ragged breathing against his skin.

No wonder she’d been so prickly with him. No wonder she’d been so reluctant to trust. She’d been badly hurt by people she should have been able to trust.

A murderous rage swirled inside Zane. He wanted to go and find this Dylan guy and teach the asshole a few home truths about loyalty. With his fists. But of course that would be pointless and wouldn’t help Iris any. Only staying here and protecting her was going to do that.

Well, if he hadn’t been clear on his path before, he certainly was now. Nothing would stop him from keeping her safe. Nothing.

Fixing her won’t fix you. Won’t fix what happened with Charlie. And it won’t fix your damn family. You know that, don’t you?

Zane nearly growled at the thought. Yeah, so this situation was a little like what had happened with Charlie, but only in terms of a woman who needed protection. Charlie hadn’t had a cartel after her and Iris wasn’t his first love. And as for his family…Well, his parents were dead and his brothers were at each other’s throats. Nothing could fix that except maybe a time machine.

So why be a hero now? What’s the goddamn point?

He could answer that easy. Because Iris didn’t have anyone else. Because someone had to help her and he’d decided that someone was him.

Keeping his grip on her, Zane reached for the key to the handcuffs and unlocked them, chafing her wrist to get the blood flowing.

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