Torn Between Two Worlds (Guardians Book 1) by Lexi Ostrow

Author:Lexi Ostrow [Ostrow, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Colliding Worlds Press
Published: 2017-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

17

As the brothers took care of the last bits of cleanup from the bar fight, her mind had trouble staying present in the room. The look of Stryder, blood seeping from various wounds and slashes across his body would not erase from her memory. Nor would the terror of seeing him so hurt and bloodied. Even if he had said everything was fine, her heart had still caught in her throat at the sight of him.

Ciara couldn't help the smile that spread upon her face as she listened to the banter. Sitting in the large kitchen should have intimidated her. She had four burly men and a beautiful older woman seated across from her. But it didn't. It felt normal, kind of like she fit.

Stop that right now, Ciara. This is protection. Nothing more. Don't go glamorizing it. What would you be doing if you'd never had the option to come here? She couldn't help sitting there and sneaking sideways glances at a warrior that made her blood boil so quickly, she couldn't wait to undress him. But that was the catch, that's what she was doing.

“So not that we don't trust our brother, Ciara, may we call you Ciara? Joking aside, how do we know you're not drugging our brother and working for the Initiative?” Fasheem wrapped his arm around his wife as he asked the question.

It shouldn't have shocked her that they would want proof, but it was certainly not something she knew how to provide. “I wish I could offer something concrete. But honestly? I've got nothing. I was barely thirty-five pages into Demarcus's book when Stryder popped out. And to be frank, my life has kind of been turned upside down on its head, so reading has been the farthest thought I've had in a few weeks. Just reading what I read was only because I was having trouble writing my own novel, and a friend who is already published suggested a seminar to help get my juices flowing again.”

Fasheem seemed to contemplate the answer as if he was testing its validity. She'd expected Stryder to defend her, but the absent look in his eyes stung. Did he think she was an undercover agent? She scooted the chair a little further away from his. Their knees had been touching, and she should've moved long ago, but she couldn't bring herself to break the contact. That was until she thought he didn't trust what he knew of her.

“Don't listen to Fasheem. He's always been the logical one, and who the fuck needs logic?” Jameson winked at her.

She offered a weak smile back. She'd never undergone that with Alcott. Never felt as if she wanted to climb out of her own skin and run screaming, rather than explore the new world, but their distrust hurt her.

“Perhaps I could tell you the things I know from the novel? It will not be much, but unless the Initiative has a seeing glass, they could not possibly know the events as of yet.

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