These Darks Hearts by L. A. Cotton

Author:L. A. Cotton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Delesty Books

“Shit, I’m so drunk.” Chloe draped herself over me as we trudged toward some overturned tree trunks away from the chaos.

“Aren’t you drunk?” She peeked up at me through her smudged lashes.

“No, I stopped after a couple more beers.” When your mom was an alcoholic, it kind of turned you off the whole getting wasted thing.

“Noooo, you need to loosen up. Get drunk and make out with one of those cute zombie football players.”

“I think that’s your dream, not mine.” I chuckled. “Speaking of… he’s coming over here.”

“Who?” She whipped her head up, almost slipping over the trunk. “Whoa, that was close.”

“Clo,” Maddox said, looming over us. He was big for a sophomore, already packing some serious muscle.

“Go away, Maddox,” she murmured, waving him off.

“Not gonna happen, Clover.”

“It’s okay,” I said. “I’ll watch out for her.”

“I’m taking her home.”

“Like hell you are.” She leaped up, getting all up in his face. “You haven’t spoken a single word to me all night and now you think you can just swoop in and play hero? Newsflash, buddy.” She jabbed her finger in his chest. “I don’t want to play your games.”

“West,” Kye’s voice made her bristle. “Take my sister home.”

“Don’t start, Kye. I’ve had enough of—”

Maddox bent down and scooped her up, throwing her over his shoulder and stalked off toward the cars littered on the other side of the trees.

“Guess I won’t be riding home with Chloe,” I mumbled, my fingers curling into the rough bark.

“Come on,” Kye said. “Before Nix comes over here and goes all caveman on you too.”

Yeah, right.

Like that would ever happen after tonight.

But it wasn’t like I had anywhere else to go. With Chloe gone, I was alone.

We walked back to the party in awkward silence. Couples had begun to pair off, hidden in the shadows, pressed close, touching and moaning. Others danced, wild and free, embracing the night of mischief and mayhem.

They made it look so easy, so fun.

It had never felt that way to me. But I was beginning to think that maybe Nix was right. Maybe I was wired wrong.

“What happened earlier—”

“It doesn’t matter.” Marc Denby was nobody to me. I cared less about the way he manhandled me and more about the way Nix had refused to look at me. As if I disappointed him… or disgusted him.

“I think I’m just gonna go,” I blurted out, toying nervously with the hem of my cropped tee. I’d felt good leaving the trailer in my Harley Quinn costume. Sexy even. But ever since seeing Nix’s reaction, I’d felt like nothing more than a fool.

“Yeah, right. As if Wilder is going to let you leave with some douchebag.”

My brows crinkled. After the way Nix had treated me all night, why would he care who I left with?

Kye studied me, his lips quirking. “You two really are clueless sometimes.”

“What—”

“Yo, Carter,” Zane called. “We’re leaving.”

“We are?”

“Yeah, got some shit to take care of across town.” He flashed us a wolfish smirk.

“Fuck yes. We can drop B off first, right?”

“Yeah, whatever.

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