Wicked Warden by Burke Lynn

Author:Burke, Lynn [Burke, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Shaun

Daddy…

I shot up from bed, my heart pounding as I blinked in the bedroom light I’d left on, never expecting to sleep.

Drew stood in the doorway, barefoot and in sweats, his hair wet as though freshly showered.

I scrambled to sit, my blood seeming to drain from my body at the pain in his eyes. “Dad?” I managed to whisper.

He shook his head.

“No.” I stared, denial the wall keeping my emotions in check.

“Shaun.” Drew started toward me, and I held up my hand.

“No,” I repeated, shaking my head. “No.”

The pain in his dark eyes twisted my insides—he wasn’t allowed to mourn Dad … wasn’t allowed Goddamnit!

A sob caught in my throat, a mere whine escaping as I fought to be the strong woman Dad always wanted me to be.

“I’m so fucking sorry,” Drew said, his own voice breaking as he knelt on the bed beside me.

“You told me you would bring him back to me!” I cried, beating against his chest, smacking at the arms he tried to put around me. My walls tumbled to dust and ash. “You promised!” I sobbed.

Tears filled his eyes, but he didn’t say a word.

“Fucking liar!” I shrieked, lost to my upheaving emotions.

Drew let me punch him over and over, beating him with ineffectual fists.

Alone.

No mother, no father.

Emptiness, a vast nothing, a vortex of absolute black swirled around my heart and soul as I sobbed, and I wanted to escape its pain.

“Retaliate, you mother fucking asshole!” I shrieked again, beyond desperate.

He didn’t.

I smashed my mouth to his and bit his lip—hard enough to draw blood.

Drew groaned, and I crowded closer, the sudden need for him to make me forget overwhelming all else.

“Take it all away,” I sobbed against his mouth, kissing and licking, my tears salty against our lips.

“I’m not going to fuck you when you’re like this, Shaun.”

“Please.” I pulled back and peered at him through my tears, my fingers in his beard. “I need you—need to forget.”

He cradled my face in his hands and pressed his lips to mine, gentle as fuck, swoon-worthy as hell if I had been in the mood for tenderness.

“Hurt me, damnit,” I groaned against his mouth. He continued with his gentle onslaught, but I wasn’t having it. Remembering what had pissed him off earlier, I pulled back and slapped him across the face with every ounce of strength I had.

He glared, a low growl rumbling in his chest that set my body on fire even amidst the dripping tears.

I reared back to smack him again, but he caught my wrist. “Is this what you want?” he asked, squeezing my wrist to the point of pain.

“Yes,” I whispered, his dominant display exactly what my heart and body craved.

Drew twisted my arm behind my back and up, taking my shoulder to the point of popping, his black eyes turning feral like a wild animal. “I’ll give you what you want, Shaun, but you’re not allowed to hate me in the morning.”

My breath caught as he spun me and slammed my back against the bed.

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