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
When we sat
disclosed that Nessa had come to
what really happened last year. She’d
believe I killed
I’d already told
up, folding her hands in her lap. “Well yeah, but I think he gave us enough to go on
setup, then maybe we can find a way to get to the truth of it
for what he did.
})
name?”
Ness. Whether it was a setup or not,
to come out as harsh as it does. She
as she
to live with that,” I rasp, staring into her wide brown
eye
read her expression. She
lower lip between her teeth, wringing
bit of distance between us. Reaching down,
her chin, tipping it up. My throat tightens at the sight of the raw vulnerability in her gaze. “If there’s 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
you could hear a pin drop.
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know that this is it. The moment
eyes dart away, giving me my
take a jerky step back. It was too much to
Maybe if
to her with
could’ve accepted my past. I fucked it all to hell when I left
should’ve left.
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
we had. I wouldn’t change that for a thing.”
as I turn away, my
I
Ward the door.
“Wait.”
My muscles lock
I freeze in
my eyes as she presses her palm to my chest, over
races, my throat
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hand to cup my jaw,
I never stopped.
long as you can promise me a future.”
over its valves. One second
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, clutching my face and tugging
her teeth and tangle my hands in her hair. She’s
and sending things crashing to the floor, but we continue to devour one
else fading into
Every encounter
has been building up to
tension between us finally
we
leave me again,” Nessa gasps against my lips, fingernails digging into my shoulder blades
She doesn’t have
anywhere.
I’m not going
I lick a path down the column of her
her lips as I palm her ass, lifting her to wrap her
of the dresser and something else
in the process. Neither of us pay any mind to the
she’s tugging the hem of my shirt up my torso, fighting to get it past my shoulders. I stumble back
immediately drops to
white cotton
my
this girl is fucking perfect.
lips puffy, her hair mussed. “So
of her
gloriously. I dive forward to capture her mouth again, kissing her hungrily 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 fingers tangle in my hair as I bite and suck her nipples, the sweetest little
cries falling from her
pinpricks of pain spreading over my scalp as she yanks
her 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
dresser, covering her tits with an arm and shouldering past me to make a beeline for
open. She pulls it closed and engages the lock,
painful strain of my hard-on against my zipper making every step
Nessa’s
my approach
the door 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 apart, diving right in to lick a hot path up her center. 2
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
fisting
whisper of my name on her lips drives me fucking wild. I circle her clit with my tongue, flicking the sensitive bud until she’s grinding down, riding my
let up, licking and sucking her clit while fumbling with the button on my jeans, scrambling to shove them down and release my
so I’m trying to hold back from pounding into her the way
Nessa moans,
arms around her thighs, I pin her against
dig into the backs of my shoulders as I pull out halfway and slam back home again and again, the door rattling on its hinges with every forceful thrust. A loud rumble of thunder sounds outside, a bolt
thighs strain against my hold on them, and I finally relent, wrapping them
my waist instead as
her with
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