Caped and Fabulous by Isabel Jordan

Author:Isabel Jordan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isabel Jordan

CHAPTER NINETEEN

If anyone in the fitness industry knew just how great chopping wood was for strength, stamina, and muscle growth, gyms around the world would go out of business.

It was usually great for exorcising his personal demons, too, but that wasn’t in the cards for him tonight, it would seem.

It had been a couple hours since he’d received the news that Bryn would be leaving to go home and fight a genetically altered supervillain who hated her just because of what she was. He’d like to think fear for her safety (fear he knew she wouldn’t share) drove him into the snow to chop wood like a maniac. But it wasn’t.

She’d shown up in his life with all her smiles and laughs and beauty and shined her light into all the dark corners of his world. Now, he wasn’t sure he knew how to go back.

He wasn’t sure how to get through a day without her.

How fucking pathetic was that?

But he was too tired to analyze the depth of his pathetic-ness. So, after a quick shower, he dropped into bed beside Bryn. He didn’t even bother getting dressed. It wasn’t like she wasn’t already intimately acquainted with every part of his body. And vice versa. No reason to be shy now.

She immediately rolled into his side, throwing an arm across his abs. It thrilled him and broke his heart all at the same time. On the one hand, having her reach for him anytime, anywhere, made him happier than he’d ever been in his life. Knowing he’d be losing her soon…yeah, that was a gut punch.

“Will you talk to me?” she whispered in his ear.

He knew he shouldn’t. Talking is what got his heart into this whole mess to begin with. But since he couldn’t seem to deny her anything, he said, “What do you want to talk about?”

She paused for long enough that he thought she might’ve fallen asleep. But no such luck. “Will you tell me about prison and when you got your powers?”

Declan swallowed hard. Of course, she’d pick a topic he never discussed with anyone. “Thought your boss would’ve already told you that story.”

“Greer and Rio told me the experiments were against your will. But I never heard it from you.”

Not for the first time, he wondered why she was even here. If all she knew about him was that he’d been plucked out of prison, held captive in a lab, and experimented on like a rat, why on earth would she come here and ask him for anything, let alone allow him to touch her?

But he supposed that wasn’t the point. The least he could do was let her know she wasn’t in bed with a total sociopath. “Did El ever tell you about her ex?”

“No,” she said. “She’s always been pretty private about her dating life.”

He snorted. “There’s a reason for that. She met Tim when she was in high school, and they dated through college. I wasn’t around for most of that.”

“Military?” she prompted when he paused.

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