Jaded Hollow by Alex Grayson

Author:Alex Grayson [Grayson, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Fiction Publishing LLC

32

Mac

Her loyalty…

I WAKE TO THE FEELING of drums going off in my head. It literally feels like there’s a kid in there with his brand new drum set pounding away on the sides of my skull. There’s not an ounce of moisture in my mouth, and my stomach feels like someone is doing somersaults in there. However, the warmth I feel at my side and the smell assaulting my nose makes me one of the luckiest bastards in the world.

I crack open my eyes, and just as I knew she would be, Mia is curled up beside me on the hospital bed. Her forehead is flush against my upper arm. She has one arm and one leg thrown over the top of mine. Her breathing is even against my arm, and I know she’s sleeping.

My shoulder hurts like shit, but I gently reach with my free arm, so as not to wake her, and notice my wrist wrapped in a bandage. There’s a slight twinge of pain under the bandage, but I ignore it as I run my fingers through her black-and-red hair. It’s soft and silky, and I could run my fingers through it all day. She breathes out a sigh and wiggles her little nose. I’ve always thought of Mia as my little pixie with her small frame and features. With her spiky haircut, she solidified my vision.

Mia starts to shift beside me, and I watch as her eyes flutter open. She lifts her head and it takes her a minute to realize that I’m looking back at her. I’m a little leery of her reception of me. After all, the last time I was awake, a naked Tessa was on my lap as Shady violated Mia. Obviously, she would be worried about me, but concern for my well-being and wanting to continue our relationship after seeing something like that are two different things. I know she won’t hold it against me, but it would be hard for anyone to get over something like that.

“Mac,” she breathes.

I lift up onto an elbow so I’m looming over her and trail my finger down her face. She watches me with eyes raw with pain. I don’t know if that’s pain for me, pain on her part, or if it’s pain from the situation we were in earlier. Either way, I don’t like the look. It’s a look that should never cross her face.

“How are you doing?” I ask her, because I need to know that she’s okay. I need to know that we’re okay.

“Why are you asking me that?” She takes the hand I was using to trace her face and places it over her heart. I feel the rapid beat inside. “I should be asking you that. It was you who had your heart ripped out and stomped on.”

Fuzzy memories of what Shady and Tessa told us come rushing in, and I feel the pain start to seep in. I close my eyes and lean my forehead against Mia’s as I remember Shady telling me T isn’t my son.

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