Always (Cape Hill Book 3) by C.L. Matthews

Author:C.L. Matthews [Matthews, C.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

“How long did you two think you could get away with this?” Absinthe hisses at the both of us, his eyes dark and uncontrolled. It’s a wild expression that only confirms his wrath, but when he peers at a small and terrified Xo, it makes me realize it’s more than that. It’s betrayal.

A bone-deep, seeded, and poisonous fruit variety of betrayal. Knowing that, I’ll be more aware of what triggers his outbursts. Absinthe Luther has a short fuse and a ferocious temper. Those two in separate parts are dangerous, but mixed together? They’re lethal.

After Xo calmed down, she decided to come here and finally admit the entire relationship was a sham to protect herself. So far, he isn’t taking it well. Not that anyone could blame him.

“Sinthe—” she tries, but his palm connecting with the bar has her jumping with a squeak behind me.

“Why?” he roars, the scowl encompassing his sharp features almost makes him appear inhuman. His palm hasn’t left the wood of the tabletop, almost like it’s keeping him from charging us. I’m sure he’s aware I’ll fight back and doesn’t want to risk it.

“I-I—”

Another palm connecting with the solid material once again has her jumping.

Instead of standing, letting her own up to her shit for once, I interrupt. “Can you really blame her?” I try to levy, raising my hands in surrender, just in case he blows a fucking gasket.

“She has no excuse. We’ve been friends for too goddamn long.”

“Yet, you didn’t see how she arrived right when your Pops was having his first turf war problems? It’s not the biggest fucking coincidence that she showed up in Cape Hill and the Los Desolados problem only got worse? Please don’t tell me you’re this ignorant.” I let out a harsh laugh, knowing how rhetorical my question was.

Yeah, she fucked up. Yeah, it made her disloyal. But what the hell did he expect? For one, she was pregnant with Danté’s kid. Two, he was and still is one of the most insane bastards in this world, and three, she was the girlfriend who ran away instead of stay and be his queen.

“Fuck off,” he growls.

Instead of smacking the tabletop like a child, he walks around the bar and grabs an emerald green bottle. Absinthe. Nasty shit and even worse hangovers.

He unscrews the cap, squeezing the bottle a lot harder than necessary. Xo hasn’t said a word. She’s been quiet since I stepped in. I wanted to give them time to talk before I barged in. Inside the bar, the one I’ve stalked Leia at, the one I’ve tried to win her back in, the one I’ve spent way too much fucking time inside is empty. Usually littered with underdressed women, bikers, and my girl—the bar now sits vacant. When Xo called him nearly an hour ago, he told us to come here, that he’d made damn sure it was empty. His words, not mine. And now, here we are, in an awkward standstill that makes my skin itch.

Absinthe tips his head back, his throat bobbing with his larger than life gulp.

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