Discovering Daisy: A Protectors Novella (The Protectors) by Sloane Kennedy

Author:Sloane Kennedy [Kennedy, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SK Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Daisy

It was information overload and it was almost too much. Part of me just wanted to flee to my room and make the phone call to Ronan I’d tried to make several times tonight.

But every time my finger had hovered over his name on my contact list, something had held me back.

No, not something.

One moment in particular…

It’d been after Sage had finished cutting all of the vegetables for the salad like Cash had wanted.

Exactly like he’d wanted.

I’d wanted to scream at Cash to leave Sage alone, that what he was doing was degrading and humiliating.

But then I’d seen Cash put his hand on Sage’s neck and hold it there as he told Sage he was his good boy. The relief in Sage’s eyes on its own would have been enough to silence me, but it was the other emotion I’d seen that had made me realize I was seeing something I didn’t truly understand.

Love.

Love as bright as the sun.

All the emptiness in Sage’s eyes, all the bleakness that had called to me like a beacon after he’d cut himself with the knife had been replaced by the love he felt for Cash.

And Cash hadn’t been unaffected either. The way he’d held onto Sage had been proof that what he’d done hadn’t been out of malice or to punish.

I’d seen the fine tremor in Cash’s fingers as he’d stitched Sage up. I’d heard the fear in his voice, even as he’d ordered Sage to his knees.

The whole scene had left me feeling helpless, confused, and terrified. Even hours later, I still ached for Sage.

And that was before Cash had told me about the brutality Sage had been forced to endure as a child.

I understood his helplessness on a bone-deep level. I’d felt the same way as I’d watched my mother be abused by one man after the next. But nothing had compared to losing her in such a violent manner. The rage I’d been feeling had only been outweighed by my inability to do anything about it. Ronan had given me back some of the sense of power that I’d lost, so I understood a little of what Sage was feeling.

And listening to Cash as he’d explained how it was Sage’s choice to give control over to Cash did make sense to me. I’d done the same thing when I’d looked at him in the hotel and silently asked him to make the choice to have me come to Arkansas with them. It’d still been my decision, but I’d given him the power to voice it for me.

I didn’t claim to understand all of it after Cash’s explanation, but some of the uneasiness in my belly had settled.

Well, it had, until Cash had made the comment about nearly killing someone.

“What happened?” I asked.

Cash looked down at Sage for a long time, then began petting him again. It did something funny to my insides. I wanted to do for him what he was doing for Sage.

Touch.

Comfort.

Remind him he wasn’t alone.

I knew I’d hurt him with the comment about Sage needing professional help.

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