[Neverwood Chronicles 01.0] Lost Girl by Chanda Hahn

Author:Chanda Hahn [Hahn, Chanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance
ISBN: 9780996104876
Google: Ojc9DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B01LYGUUIV
Barnesnoble: B01LYGUUIV
Goodreads: 32049392
Publisher: Chanda Hahn
Published: 2016-12-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Wendy’s face went white as a sheet at his admission, and she looked like she was about to collapse. She stumbled back, retreating from him. He reached out and caught her arm, then led her over to a chair. Her hands were clammy between his warm ones.

“I shouldn’t have shocked you like that. It’s my burden, not yours. Your first day here, and I’ve already frightened you.” He swallowed. He wanted to punch something.

Self-loathing was taking over again. Peter was blowing it…not explaining things right. Jumping in and telling her things out of order and confusing and scaring her in the process. This is what Jax had warned him about. He never thought before he spoke. He jumped to action when the situation called for caution. He didn’t guard his emotions, was too easily shaken.

It’s why Jax wanted Peter to step down as their leader and support him as the new one. He thought Peter wasn’t being firm enough, couldn’t rein in the boys, because he couldn’t even rein himself in.

And here he was about to drive a wedge between Wendy and himself and scare her off into the night again, where she could be snatched by the morphlings. How in the world she’d made it this long on the streets astounded him.

That’s why he’d arranged the job for her—where he could keep an eye on her. Just that afternoon, the shadows had been stalking her again—in broad daylight. The number of them hovering around! She was a magnet.

Still, for some reason, they never took her. They always seemed to be waiting.

For what exactly, he didn’t know.

When he’d “gone for lunch,” he chased the shadows back to the river where they dove under water, where he could no longer follow. He hadn’t realized how much time it had taken, but one glance at his watch reminded him he had left Wendy alone. He sent Tink to bring her to Neverwood, where he could truly keep her safe.

And now he was about to chase her away.

His jaw hurt from clenching his teeth, but then a gentle hand reached out and touched his shoulder. He closed his eyes and breathed in her scent. Just the feel of her hand touching him was calming.

He opened his eyes and saw the worry etched in her face—in her blue-green eyes. Her eyes were like the deepest part of the night sky, where mysteries hid within the stars. Peter desperately wanted to know the depth of Wendy’s soul. Already, he saw her insecurities and doubts, and he wanted to chase all her fears away.

She was hiding things from him, too, but that was okay. He would be patient with her—if he could convince her to stay.

Here he was, telling her horrifying things about his past—giving her every reason to walk away—and she was trying to comfort him? She was incredible. Maybe Jax was right, and he wasn’t fit for the job.

“It’s okay, Peter. I’ve been through a lot, and yes, I’m having a hard time believing what I’m hearing, but it’s not scaring me.

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