Knight Moves Book 2 by KB Winters & Evie Monroe

Author:KB Winters & Evie Monroe [Winters, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military romance
Publisher: BookBoyfriends Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-02-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Everlie

By the time I’d convinced the man at the front desk to just let me into Ryker’s room to get my stuff and took a cab back to my apartment, it was nearly two o’clock in the morning. My body was exhausted, but still trembling, as my mind raced through the scene in the casino over and over again. The whole thing had scared the crap out of me, and even after the cab ride home, I couldn’t shake the jitters.

Safely inside, I closed the front door behind me silently, not wanting to wake Tori. God only knew what she was gonna have to say about everything. As I wandered down the hall towards my bedroom, I decided it would probably be better if I didn’t tell her anything at all. I realized that after our argument about Ryker, I no longer trusted her opinion about the situation. I had a feeling that whatever she would have to say was going to be judgmental and unnecessary. My mind was mixed up enough without her influence clouding things further.

However, it seemed that avoiding Tori would be impossible. I was halfway down the hall when the voice purred from the darkness of her doorway, “It’s pretty late for little country bumpkin to be getting home from the ball, isn’t it?”

“I didn’t mean to wake you,” I said, ignoring the other thoughts that fired in my brain at her taunting.

“You didn’t wake me,” Tori replied, stepping out of the shadows into the dim light of the hallway night light. She leaned against the wall folding her arms. “I was out myself actually.”

“Good.” I forced a quick smile and started to push past her to get to my room but she stepped out further into the hallway, blocking my path. “What do you want, Tori?”

She smiled, her lips curling back into an expression that was altogether predatory. “Who said I wanted anything? I was just coming out to see how your night went. Is that such a crime?”

I sighed. Between the adrenaline spike and the late hour, and the overwhelming confusion about Ryker, I was in no state to get into a battle with Tori. “Come on, Tori, we’ve known each other a long time, just tell me what you want so I can go to bed.”

“I don’t want anything, Everlie.” She finally replied, the harshness of her expression softening. Her arms were still folded tight across her chest, but there was a new sadness in her eyes. She sighed in a way that was halfway a scoff of frustration. “Were you with Ryker?”

I hesitated, unsure why she was asking. After a moment, I nodded. “Yeah. But don’t worry, that’s over now, so you don’t have to worry about me anymore.” My voice broke away as tears filled my eyes. “Can I please just go to bed now?”

Tori paused, but then stepped aside and let me pass. I didn’t want her to see me crying, so I ducked into my bedroom, letting the darkness swallow me up without another word.

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