Page 24 of Fractured Heart

“I may be okay with him dying but if I’m being honest I have always hated my father, which is why I don’t legally have his last name.”

I whirl around and level him with a stern look. “What the fuck is your name?”

“Solomon? Trevante Kane. I changed my name when I was old enough to do so, I refused to have his last name and took my mother’s as a way to honor her and also, it was my way of saying fuck you to Karl and letting him know that his name and legacy will end with him and not me.” I take a long look at him and honestly, I respect the hell out of him for being honest with me.

I decide to share something with him in return. “Knox never knew I was dating his sister until eight years ago.” Trey snaps his head back and stares at me.

“Why?”

I shoot him a dry look. “She’s his baby sister and in his eyes, no one would ever be good enough for her.”

“Why risk your friendship with him?”

I smile sadly. “You’ve met her! She is worth risking everything for. I love Knox and Taylan, they are my brothers and always will be…”

“But you love her more,” he finishes for me.

“Yeah.”

“He found out, didn’t he?”

I nod. “Yeah, eight years ago.”

Trey frowns. “But she’s been gone for longer than that.”

“I know. I never told Knox about me and Wave because I knew it would push him over the edge. The night we thought she died she called me. I went to help her and her best friend but she wouldn’t get in the fucking car. I begged her to come with me and promised I would send Knox back for Lake but she’s so fucking stubborn just like him. By the time I got to her it was too late, the car was hanging over the side of the bridge and…” I clamp my mouth closed as memories of that night play out like a movie in my mind. I lost it when the car went over and I heard her screams. I ran Lake down like she was nothing and then jumped in after Wave.

“Are you going to tell him she’s alive?” His question pulls me from my thoughts.

“I won’t lie, I’ve thought about calling him numerous times.”

“What stopped you?”

I exhale loudly and take another swig of my beer before answering. “Her. If I go to her brother and tell him she’s alive, he’ll come for her and right now I’m hoping that her taking out Karl and the others will help lessen her anger toward her twin.”

“Go to Knox.” Trey and I both turn toward the entryway to see Wave standing there in a pair of jeans and a form-fitting tank top. The angry glint in her eyes tells me she has heard most of our conversation.

“No. I won’t do that.”

She cuts me off before I can finish. “It wasn’t a request. I know rumors are circulating and after we take out his club, those rumors will reach him. I want him to know it’s me coming after each of these cunts so he can be prepared for when I come for him…”

“I’m not leaving you,” I say firmly.

She shrugs. “I’m taking this club and then going after the others before taking Karl. You have three weeks to warn him or I take him out blind. I’ll be the ghost of his past that he never saw coming.”

“You want to fuck around with someone’s head, fuck with mine not his,” I bark.

“It’s not your head I want to fuck with, Grayson, it’s your cock.” I stand here stunned as she saunters into the room, and stands before me with her gaze locked onto mine. I see the lust swirling in the depths of her gaze. Sex is a coping mechanism for her, I see it plain as day now. She uses her body to distract us and herself.

“You want me to fuck you right here, baby, on this counter?” My words have her eyes growing hooded.

“No, you’re going to stand there and watch as Trey fucks me on this counter so you learn that I don’t care what you do. Run back to my brother or don’t, what you do means nothing to me.”

Trevante

If Xander thinks for a second that I am strong enough to deny her request, he’s a fucking fool. My cock is already hard at the prospect of fucking her while he watches.

When she rounds the counter and stands before me I don’t falter in my actions, I grip her waist and hoist her up until her ass is perched on the edge of the counter. I push my way between her thighs, grip the back of her neck and pull her to me so I can claim her lips in a kiss filled with raw passion and need. She moans into my mouth. I growl my approval before breaking the kiss and ridding her of her pants. She spreads her legs for me and the sight of her perfect pink pussy has my mouth watering.

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