The Raven (The Raven Four Series Book 2) by Sorensen Jessica

Author:Sorensen, Jessica [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Published: 2019-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

Raven

Unnerving silence stretches between us as Hunter leads me closer to the trees and farther away from civilization.

“Relax.” He gives my hand a squeeze. “None of us are ever going to hurt you.”

“I’m not worried about you hurting me,” I lie coolly. I kind of am, but I’m not going to freak out. It’s not my style. No, I’m going to remain calm until I need to fight.

Once tree branches and shade surround Hunter and me, he comes to a stop and faces me. “This should be good enough.” He peers around the area then releases my hand.

I keep my fist curled, ready to fight. “Good enough for what?”

“For it to just be you and me.” He threads his fingers through mine again and smiles at me, but it doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “I know it’s hard to trust people. Trust me; I get that—we all do. But we’re never going to even get a chance to earn your trust if you won’t trust us even a little. In order to gain trust, you have to give trust a little bit, if that makes any sense.”

“Yeah, it does, but that doesn’t mean I can just give it.” I give a half-shrug. “It’s almost instinctive for me to not trust people.” For a lot of reasons.

In fact, I don’t even trust myself.

“And again, I understand that, so I’m gonna attempt to put a little fracture in your instinct by trusting you enough to show you something that no one except for Zay, Jax, and the person who did this to me knows about.” He opens and flexes his free hand and takes an uneven breath.

He’s nervous.

Why’s he nervous?

When he lifts up the hem of his shirt, I suddenly have my answer.

My breath catches in my throat at the sight of the long, thin, but deep scars covering his sides, chest, and waist.

“What happened?” I ask, glancing up to meet his gaze.

He rubs his lips together as he lowers his shirt, then a breath trembles from his lips. “My dad had this mistress … She was bad … even worse than my real mom …” His hand starts to tremble in mine, so he pulls away and crosses his arms, tucking his hands underneath his armpits. “But anyway, she’s a bitch who gets off on using her power on people who are weaker than her. And when I was younger, I was a lot weaker than her … And, well, she used to do things to me a lot … And she would scratch me a lot while she did those things to me.”

He doesn’t specify what the things are, but with the way he’s trembling, I get a pretty good idea.

“You’re lovely, little bird,” he whispers while stroking my hair. “You’re the loveliest bird I’ve ever captured.”

The memories tears at the inside of my brain and I stab my fingernails into my palms, reigning back my emotions, and concentrate on Hunter.

I’m not really certain what to say to him. I’ve never had anyone confide in me with something so personal.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.