To the Ends of the Earth (Stripped #5) by Skye Warren

Author:Skye Warren [Warren, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01N520VF6
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Part of me expects Luca to have sex with me as soon as we were alone.

And that secret part of me even longs for his heat, his unexpected tenderness. Longs for that sense of comfort I drew from his larger body curved around mine like that night in my apartment.

But he doesn’t touch me in the black Escalade that takes us to the Tanglewood International Airport. He doesn’t touch me on the private jet we take to a small Chicago airport, a mile expanse of runway and flat green enclosed by city glass all around. And he doesn’t touch me on the limo ride into the city. If anything he seems to grow colder with every mile we take toward downtown.

Finally the frosty silence is too much for me. “Did I do something wrong?”

He glances at me, surprise flaring briefly. “Why would you think that?”

Maybe Candy told him that I was afraid of him. I don’t think she would do that to hurt me, but she might have been trying to help. “You seem different. Angry.”

Dark eyes study me. “You haven’t done anything wrong.”

“Oh. Then why—”

“We’ll stop by the hotel. I’ll get you checked in and you can rest in the room while I’m gone.”

Alone.

Maybe that would be a relief to some people. You’re never alone in Harmony Hills, not even in sleep. And definitely not in those private prayer sessions I still experience in my nightmares. When I escaped, I was with Candy for a little while. Then Delilah. I don’t know how to be alone. The silence cracks me like a hammer to glass.

“Where are you going?”

“To the gym. I need to check in with some of my team. And I need to start training.”

For the fight. Because that’s what he does—he hits people. And he gets hit. “Can I come with you?”

It will be even worse now that I’m missing Delilah. Candy will take good care of her, but that knowledge does nothing for the hole in my heart.

His eyes narrow. “It’s a rough place.”

“I worked at the Last Stop.”

He quirks a smile. “Yeah. I guess you can handle yourself.”

Until the end. I desperately needed Luca’s help then. But I don’t think anyone will attack me when they know he’s in the vicinity. I may not trust him completely. I have a lifetime of experience telling me that men are dangerous, that violence breeds violence. But I know he won’t let anyone else touch me.

In that way he has something in common with Leader Allen.

He had been possessive, too.

Even though Luca warned me about the gym, I’m still surprised when the limo glides to a stop in front of a warehouse. If it weren’t for the faint light pressing through grime-coated windows, I would have thought the place abandoned.

It doesn’t look much better on the inside, the walls sprayed with something that looks like cotton from far away, a large expanse of concrete broken by squares of thin, fraying mats. Colored duct tape creates divisions in the massive room, making it clear that the practice isn’t haphazard even if it is low budget.

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