Breeders by Faye Knightly

Author:Faye Knightly [Knightly, Faye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

What was wrong with me, snapping at Cassie like that? I’d stormed out like an angry child. And now I sat on my duvet, fists so tightly clenched I didn’t know if I could ever unclench them. Just seeing her standing in front of us outraged had made me furious. As if I was any less of a prisoner in this situation. Like I hadn’t wanted to scream who I was to her this whole time and take her to my bed where I would kiss away every last one of her salty tears.

But I could never do it, and my fists felt impossibly tight, the nails digging painfully into my palms. My teeth ground into oblivion as I snarled at nothing. I was so goddamned pissed at myself for not being able to keep it together, for losing control on her like a crazed animal. Her wide eyes had shone with tears as I’d turned from her, locking myself in my bedroom, unable to face her pain.

What a coward I was.

Cassie. Was Tristan comforting her right now after my outburst? Probably, and I felt nothing but gratitude towards him for being there for Cassie when I couldn’t be. Cassie deserved better than this, than me. I was the guy always standing on the sidelines, trying to stay close enough to her light to warm my icy soul by even a fraction. But to pull her into my cold depths? No, I could never do that. Even if by some miracle she wanted it—wanted me—to allow any feeling to grow between us was to deny her the dream of being a mother.

“Damn it!” I slammed my fist into my thigh hard enough to leave a bruise.

A mother. Cassie wanted that role, to have children of her own, and I would rather die than take it from her. The way her expression had softened and her eyes had glazed over when she’d described reading stories to her children, well it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. To deny someone so pure of such a vision was unthinkable. So, I would have my tantrum. I would pound my leg bloody if that’s what it took, and when I saw her again, I would be the calm, indifferent bastard I should’ve been to her all along.

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