Lick: Devil's Fury Book 2 by Torrie Robles

Author:Torrie Robles [Robles, Torrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Torrie Robles
Published: 2017-05-29T18:30:00+00:00

Without another word, we head out back. I’m ready to get those kids here with us. I’m ready to let them know the life they’ve lived isn’t the norm. But in order for any of those things to happen, Tylan needs to keep his cool and not fly off the handle every time he hears something he doesn’t like.

“You need to keep your temper in check.” I throw myself on the old patio furniture. The plastic strips that make up the seat creak under the pressure of my bottom. I’m sure it’s been out here for years.

“People need to stop pissing me off.” He walks towards the edge of the patio, staring out onto the yard. The backyard is sparse, more concrete than trees. The grass is dead because of the time of year, and the bushes have long since died.

Growing up in Texas, my mother’s oasis was her flower beds. She spent the early spring prepping the ground, waiting for the moment when her tulips would emerge.

“Why do you put all that stuff in the dirt?”

I’m sitting on my knees next to my mother in the dirt of her flower beds. She has boxes upon boxes of raised flower beds. Every year for as long as I can remember, when the whiteness of the morning frost no longer adorns our front grass, she readies the dirt.

“It’s so the flowers will grow big and bright. Bright flowers are always the prettiest,” she tells me as she continues to work. “With enough encouragement, a little bit of work and a loving touch, anything can be beautiful, Jenni. It’s amazing what a little bit of love can accomplish. The tiniest bit can be anyone’s, or anything’s, saving grace. Love is the most formidable thing on God’s green earth. With it, anything can be beautiful.”

Tylan continues to look at the backyard with his hands stretched above his head, gripping onto the wooden beam of the patio overhang.

“What are you thinking?”

“How nothing seems to ever go easy for me.”

“You know, not everyone’s out to get you.” I watch his body tense. Slowly turning his head, he looks over his shoulder.

“No?”

“No.”

“Do you think if I were a tie-wearing-nine-to-fiver I’d be dealing with this shit?” He drops his hands to his side and turns to me. Pushing his hands into the pockets of his jeans, he leans against the pole, bringing one of his bare feet to lean against the wood. The thin T-shirt does nothing to hide the muscle beneath it. I’d never think something so strong would feel so smooth, but his body, his skin, it’s one of the softest things I’ve ever touched.

“I think that they’d still want to make sure that this is the best place for the kids. Working a nine to five job doesn’t make you a good person or the better choice. It makes you a man who works nine to five.”

“I have to disagree with you, Sweet Ass. We’re fighting an uphill battle because of me being who I am.

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