Chapter 0162

I could stare at her forever. I used to, back when we had been dating, on the rare occasions that she

stayed the night. We didn’t do anything sexual. We just liked to hold each other.

I would wake up earlier than her, just as the sun was creeping in through the windows. It would shine on

her, covering her in a soft golden glow. She’d looked like an angel. A woman out of my very dreams..

Even now, I thought the same. There was no golden sunlight here, just the dull tungsten light from the

bedside light. But she was no less beautiful.

She had made the sunlight brighter, not the other way around.

Looking at her helped dwindle some of the bonfire of anger I felt. I could feel the fury buzzing under skin, begging me to run back down there and pummel my uncle.

But I couldn’t leave Piper unattended. In fact…

I pulled my phone from my hip pocket and quickly texted Mark, urging him to be careful with Elva, especially around Terry. By no means, was he to let Elva out of his sight.

my

my pocket and took a seat at Piper’s side,

her hand in mine. It was cold, so I tried to warm it, closing my other hand in over top of

I waited for her to wake

in the room. I glanced up at him and was more surprised than I should have been to

with the same cocksure smirk he always wore. The expression practically screamed, You should see the

bed, Julian touched his bruise,

bad,

improvement,”

laughed. “A gift from our uncle. He did not take kindly to

him

time to react. Talking, yelling. Terry hit

at least that someone was able to knock that fucker out, even if

deserved by far.

Terry temporarily handled and Piper somewhere safe, I could now let my mind

to happen, and why.

adding up.

Terry would go after Piper.” Other

she wasn’t exactly to Terry’s previous tastes. He generally

have

would

Julian for my answer.

to very cold with trepidation in a split–second.

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