A Song of Destiny (Great Plains Dragon Feud Book 2) by Emilia Hartley

Author:Emilia Hartley [Hartley, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Cash stared at the guitar case Ember had left behind. He slowly unzipped it, feeling a bit like an intruder. A cheap acoustic guitar sat inside. It was a little banged up, and some of the strings looked about one pluck away from snapping. He scowled at it.

Upon pulling it out and strumming a chord, his scowl deepened. The tune was all off. He gripped a string and twisted, feigning surprise when it snapped.

“Oh no,” he said dryly. “Looks like she needs a whole new guitar.”

Logan chuckled. That wasn’t how guitars worked, but no one in the vicinity was going to question Cash right now. Whatever kept him from going on a man-hunt and ruining his life. Fire crackled in the back of Cash’s throat, snapping and snarling like a living creature caged behind his clenched teeth.

Callum had no right to land on their doorstep. Ember was her own person, capable of living her own life. No one should be able to tell her what to do. Yet, one look from Callum, and she’d folded under the pressure. Cash didn’t blame her. He wasn’t mad.

Not at her.

He was mad at the traditions their families had upheld and how those traditions were crushing this generation. Cash looked to Gale. Their eyes met, Gale’s lighting up with the power of his beast. Not because they were going on a hunt, but because Gale knew what it was like to be in Cash’s shoes.

Cash swallowed the information and told himself he would sort it out later. He didn’t have the time to deal with emotions. The fire in him would incinerate them before he had a chance to figure them out.

“You,” Cash said upon pointing to Baylee. “I know where Ember lives, but I don’t know her address. I need the information to order her a new guitar.”

Baylee’s brow furrowed. “Okay, but she never plays that thing. I don’t think what she needs right now is an instrument.”

Of course, Baylee didn’t understand. Cash suspected that Baylee was a fan of grand gestures, like how Gale had rescued her from her confinement after something similar had happened to her. Cash couldn’t go to Ember’s rescue. He couldn’t run after her without fear of losing control of his beast.

If that happened…then he wouldn’t deserve the love he went running after. He would do things that would live inside him like bricks. The risk was too great when the rest of his life was right in front of him.

Cash had to staunch the flow of emotions turning into a firestorm in his throat. He needed to breathe. The neck of the guitar in his hand groaned uncomfortably, but he didn’t let up. He was tired of holding back, tired of the fear and shame that came with it. Always worrying that he would become the person he hated most.

Storming out the back door, he raised the guitar and smashed it against the nearest tree. Splinters of polished wood flew in every direction, but the destruction did nothing to ease his fear.

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