Lily's War by Kristin Daniels

Author:Kristin Daniels
Language: eng
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Don’t leave angry?

Hell, his anger was the last piece of sanity he had. He held on to it with a ferocious grip, that final thread to reality blowing in a hurricane of gale-force emotions. The rational soldier inside him, however, knew he needed to take that proverbial step back and rein it in before he exploded. But he didn’t have the wherewithal to actually do that quite yet. Not when it came to this.

Not when it came to his Lily.

In reality, her confession shouldn’t have been much of a surprise. After all, he’d told her not to wait for him. He’d left it hanging like that, with her in tears and him telling her to move on. But deep down he assumed—prayed—she’d be there, waiting for him when he got back. Assumed she’d want him as much as he ever wanted her.

Apparently, he was way off base.

Fuck, I’m such an ass.

He reluctantly sat again, fought to control the impulse to smash Zach’s face in and sucked a breath in deep. He rested his elbows on the top of his thighs.

“Sorry, babe. Anger’s all I have left. Take it or leave it.” He looked past the ice in the glass held in his hands to the dirty boots laced up his ankles. He felt like shit. Complete, utter shit. But he didn’t care. He just didn’t have the ability to in him anymore.

In his periphery, Zach wrapped his arm across Lily’s shoulders and squeezed her back against his chest. “Maybe now isn’t the time for this.” He spoke low, right next to her ear, but Eric heard him anyway, clear as day.

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Seeing the two of them together, with a closeness that went beyond their physical bodies, burned him. He thought back to all the times the three of them had hung out before he shipped off and, hell, even before then. The easiness the two held toward each other should’ve spoken just as loud as Zach telling him—on more than one occasion throughout the years—“how great she is”. He should’ve known Zach had wanted her.

But he’d ignored any feelings of—what? jealousy? possessiveness?—simply because they’d all been close friends for so damn long. She fit in with them so well, been the lush softness between the hard and rough edges that made up him and Zach.

He’d always wanted her, so he supposed it made sense that Zach would, too.

Why hadn’t he seen this coming?

“What the hell do you want from me?” He had to know. She’d gone on and on about how he’d been in her thoughts, been with them both. How could that be? How could she sleep with Zach and think of him at the same time? It didn’t make any sense.

The idea was too much to wrap his weary brain around.

She left Zach’s hold and came to sit in front of him on the coffee table. He clenched his jaw when their knees touched, when her luscious lavender scent drifted under his nose. Christ, he still wanted her. So damn much.

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