Broken Bond by C.J. Primer
Chapter 36
36
CALLUM
It’s going to storm.
I can smell it in the air even before I hear
the faint echo of thunder in the distance, a warning of what’s coming.
We need the rain. The blistering summer sun has made the grass brittle, the forest foliage withering with thirst. Even the river is lower than I’ve seen it in years, in desperate need of a top-up. Sitting
outside on the patio behind the packhouse, there’s an unmistakable
energy in the air, almost like the parched landscape is quivering in anticipation for the storm to roll in.
Within myself, the storm is already raging. It has been for a long time, born in a dark room in a basement, fed by
anger and resentment. Until I found the
one person who could calm it: Vanessa
Diaz, my muse, my light.
“You good?” Chase asks, his eyes still bloodshot from the joint we smoked.
I grunt in affirmation, nodding. My own high is already gone, but the weed calmed me down as it worked its way through my system, tempering my agitation. Pulling the skeletons out of my closet over the last week has taken its toll. Rehashing things with Rob didn’t particularly bother me; it was the reason behind it that
struck a nerve. I was fine right up until I saw that hopeful look in Nessa’s eyes, like
she was searching for some way to excuse my past indiscretions. Like she needed
some sort of validation that I’m not a cold
-blooded killer.
I’d give anything to go back and change that night, but I can’t. What’s done is done, and it’s a stain I’ll bear on my soul
for the rest of my life. There’s no excuse or hidden explanation, it just is what it is; I am what I am. I thought she’d come to terms with it, but seeing that look on her face tonight, I realized that sweet,
virtuous Nessa may not ever be able to reconcile the man with the monster. 3
That’s what made me break.
Chase leans forward in the wrought iron patio chair, fixing me with a solemn stare. “Ready to go back in?”
I nod again, thankful that he sat out here with me until I got my head on straight but recognizing that this isn’t really his battle. It’s up to me and Ness to figure out our shit; whether we’ll be able to make this work now that all the cards are on the table. I was hopeful until I saw that look. Now, I’m not so sure. 2
Chase pushes up from his seat first,
leading the way back inside. The girls are
still on the couch, both of them craning
their necks to look over the back of it with
wide, curious eyes as we enter. Nessa’s gaze collides with mine and she
immediately hops up, not breaking eye
contact as I stride over to her.
“Can we talk?” I ask as I reach out to take
her hand, my thumb gliding over her
knuckles.
“Yeah,” she breathes, almost in relief. She threads her fingers with mine, stepping out from around the coffee table and tugging on my hand. “C’mon.”
I’m glad she wants to have this
conversation in private. Not that I have
anything to hide anymore, but it seems like Vienna is always glaring daggers at me these days. I suppose I understand. I can’t fault her for wanting to protect her friend, and truthfully, I appreciate the
fact that Nessa has someone like Vee in
her corner.
I nod to Chase and Vienna as we leave the room, the latter giving me a hard look, as if to say ‘don’t fuck it up’.
Yeah, I’ll try not to.
We’re both quiet as I follow Nessa down the hallway that houses the guest roo our feet treading softly against the
hardwood floor. When we arrive at the last door on the left, she turns the knob to open it, dropping my hand as she strides inside and flips on the light.
I’m immediately greeted by her scent- even if she hadn’t led me to this room, I’d know it was hers by the sweet smell of cherries that hangs in the air. And if that failed me, then I’d definitely know it by a single glance inside. It’s feminine and romantic and so perfectly her, exactly
how I’ve always imagined her space would look if I was invited in.
Nessa strides over to the bed, breathing a
heavy sigh as she sinks down onto the edge, coasting her fingertips over the
fluffy pale pink comforter. She kicks off her shoes as she crosses one long tan leg over the other, then plants her palms behind her, leaning back and beckoning me with a flick of her head. She’s the picture of a sweet girl nextdoor fantasy, my pulse racing as I stand frozen in the doorway, practically drooling. We need to have a conversation, but those legs, those eyes, that coy smile tugging at the
corners of her mouth…
It takes me a second to snap out of it and push those nefarious thoughts aside. I stride further into the room, moving closer but keeping enough distance so I’ll still be able to think straight. I stop in front of the dresser positioned across from the bed, folding my arms over my chest and leaning back against it, gazing at Nessa as I draw a slow breath.
“You were hoping Rob would have more to say,” I murmur, not as a question, but
statement. When we sat
Nessa had come to
to what really happened last year. She’d
she didn’t believe I killed that
the fact that I’d already told her exactly how it happened.
in her lap. “Well yeah, but I think he gave us enough to go on
was a setup, then maybe we can find
for what he did. Maybe
})
trying to clear my name?” I interrupt, pushing off
it was a setup or not, I still killed
as harsh as it does. She stills,
as she peers
with that,” I rasp, staring into her wide brown doe-eyes. The question is, can you?”
doesn’t break eye
I can’t read
between her teeth, wringing her hands in
closer, bridging the last bit of
nothing else to the story, if it happened exactly how I say it did, is there still a chance for us?” I ask, terrified of her answer but needing to hear
that you could hear a pin drop. My heart pounds wildly
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this is it. The moment of truth. The one that’ll change everything.
away, giving me my answer.
chest deflates, shoulders sagging as I drop her chin and take a jerky step back. It was too much to hope
if
to her with
my past. I fucked it all to hell when I left her. There’s too much pain between us
Never should’ve
you, Ness,” I mutter. Her eyes snap back up to meet mine, and my chest squeezes painfully at the connection. “I know I can’t change my past or the pain I caused you, and I’ll regret the way I left every day for the rest of my fucking life. But
had. I wouldn’t change that for a
throat burns as I turn
as I
Ward the door.
“Wait.”
My muscles lock
freeze
footsteps are almost silent, and suddenly she’s right in front of me, staring up into my eyes as she presses her palm to my chest, over my
my throat
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her other hand to cup my jaw, warmth blooming beneath her touch.
after you left, I never
with your past. As long as you can promise
heart trips over its valves.
grabbing her by the hips and yanking her body into mine. I slam my lips down over hers, swallowing her little gasp of surprise as I claim her mouth in a desperate, filthy kiss. She reacts with equal urgency,
teeth and tangle my hands in
the dresser and sending things crashing to the floor, but we continue to devour one
fading
encounter since
has been building
between
we give in.
against my lips, fingernails digging into my shoulder blades
She doesn’t have
anywhere.
I’m not going
jaw. I lick a path down the column of her neck, sucking marks into
lips as I palm her ass, lifting her to wrap her thighs around
top of the dresser and something else
the process. Neither
then she’s tugging the hem of my shirt up my torso, fighting to get it
while she tears off her own. My gaze immediately drops to her flushed chest, her
a white cotton bralette. I
my teeth into my lip, stifling
about this girl is
climb back up to Nessa’s face. Her cheeks are rosy, her lips puffy,
the band of
as I palm her gorgeous tits in both hands, kneading the supple flesh and pinching her stiff nipples. She squirms and
I trail kisses down her neck, along her
my hair as I bite and
falling from
Nessa whines, pinpricks of pain spreading over my scalp as she yanks on my
nipple with a loud pop, stumbling back when she shoves at my chest. Even then, her words haven’t quite registered, my mind in a complete fog of
of the dresser, covering her tits with an arm and shouldering past me to
door. That’s when it clicks- the damn thing is still open. She pulls it closed and engages the lock,
a predator, the painful strain of my
in Nessa’s eyes
approach
and drawing heavy breaths. As soon as I reach her, I drop to my knees, yanking her shorts down her legs with my descent. Her panties come off with them, and she gasps as I wrench her thighs
cries out,
“Callum
trembling against my
ear
press a forearm against her belly to pin her securely against the door, lapping up her sweet nectar like a man starved. I growl
her hands fisting my hair
drives me fucking wild. I circle her clit with my tongue, flicking the sensitive bud until she’s grinding
don’t let up, licking and sucking her clit while fumbling with the button on my jeans, scrambling to shove them down and release my throbbing cock from their confines. Nessa’s legs are still trembling when
deeper inside. It’s been a while, so I’m trying to hold back from pounding into her the way I want to, but damnit if it’s not
moans,
I punch my hips forward, gliding into her tight channel easily since she’s so damn wet for me. Wrapping my arms around her thighs, I pin her against the door with my chest and spread her wide, sinking in to the hilt
slam back home again and again, the door rattling on its hinges with every forceful thrust.
thighs strain against my hold on them, and I finally relent, wrapping them
my waist instead as
with reckless
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