The Beauty of Butterflies (The Bones of Betrayal Book 1) by A.R. Breck

Author:A.R. Breck [Breck, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

My eyes crack open, my body on fire, and I feel trapped down. I glance around, ready to whip off the bed, when I feel the petite limbs of Vivianna wrapped around me. My gaze falls to hers, and a crooked smirk lifts my lips when I see her wrapped around me like a fucking monkey, clutching me to death. Her face is buried in my naked chest, as if she wants to make her way into my bones.

An array of emotions barrel through me, each of them not something I really want to decipher at the moment. Between a possessiveness and an unease at what this is or where it’s headed. It’s enough to have my skin ripple with a discomfort that has me peeling her limbs from mine. I slip from the bed, walking to the closet and pulling out a pair of sweats and a t-shirt. Tugging the clothes on as quickly and quietly as possible, I make my way outside.

And come head to head with Brennan, Kennedy, and Liam.

“The fuck?” I growl, taking a step back as I shove my hat over my head. “What are you guys doing here this early?” I squint up at the sky, staring at the peaking of the sun through the tall evergreens.

Kennedy lifts a brow. “Dude, it’s eight at night. The carnival is about to open.”

I shove the heels of my palms into my eyes, letting out a groan.

Fuck, I never sleep that hard, or that long.

Was it Vivianna?

Liam pulls out his pack of cigarettes, and I wiggle my fingers at him until he hands me one. Slipping it between my lips, I use the black lighter Liam extends to me and spark the tip until it grows orange.

Sucking in a drag, I exhale through my nose as I let out a sigh. “So, what’s up?”

“You and Villain disappeared from the show last night,” Brennan says coyly.

“Also hear you killed someone,” Kennedy says, narrowing his eyes at me.

I tilt my head to the side, saying nothing as I take another drag.

“You like her, Hades?” Kennedy asks, and there’s no judgment in his tone, only curiosity. He watches me with leveled eyes, as if he’s trying to read me, since whatever I’m about to say will most likely be only a half-truth, if that. “You don’t usually kill so easily. She got to you, didn’t she?”

“I don’t know. I shouldn’t.” See, half-truth.

Kennedy brings his hand up to the back of his neck, scratching while he watches me with pursed lips. “You can like someone, you know. There’s something in your chest that beats, and it’s okay to feel some fucking emotions for once in your life.”

With another drag I can feel in the depths of my chest, I say nothing.

“You gonna keep us in the dark?” Liam growls, sparking up his own cigarette. “We tell each other everything,” he muffles around it.

I’m not keeping them in the dark. They can stay in the light, while I’m the one who will continue living in the abyss.

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