Page 64 of Savage Desire

The softest sound of someone clearing their throat echoes around me. “Are you okay?”

It’s my dick’s turn to stir to life at the sound of her voice, but I tamp it down as I open my eyes and settle on the girl before me. Her silver hair dances around her face in loose curls and her cheeks are already deepening in color as I take her in.

Polaris fucking Beauchamp.

“I’m good.”

She nods, nervously shuffling from foot to foot while Bryony hangs back a few steps, watching us both with amusement.

Slowly, Polaris steps back, ready to leave as her head still bobs in agreement, and I find myself missing her presence before she’s even gone. “Will you be at the fight tonight?” I ask, the words blurting from my lips, and she nods, fiddling with a curl of hair. If it were someone like Bianca doing that in front of me, I’d call bullshit on the action, knowing full well it was part of her seductive tactics, but with Polaris, she’s too na?ve for that.

“Yeah, Wylder and Minnie mentioned it,” she murmurs, her voice a soft caress as I nod.

“Good,” I grunt, watching her eyebrows furrow together with a twinge of confusion. Clearly, my desire for her is leaving me a little rough around the edges. It’s on the tip of my tongue to apologize when she takes a step back, hiding behind her hair once again.

“Bye, Asher.”

She’s gone before I can stop her, taking her warm aura with her while I’m left as tied up in knots as I was when I first cameout here. I’m spinning too many plates right now. It’s impossible to keep them all going, no matter how enticing some of them might be.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

I pinch the bridge of my nose as I sigh.

Good. I’m glad she’s gone. The last thing I need right now is a distraction. Or… maybe that’s exactly what I need. My cock throbs at the idea, but I quickly tamp it down. My life is a shit storm, and I’ll weather it; that’s what I’m here to do because my mother wasn’t the only one to broker a deal with the bad guy.

I did it too.

23

POLARIS

The invite to Wylder’s fight lingered in the air all day. I swayed back and forth over whether I should actually go or not, and as I stand here with my hair falling in waves around my face, my makeup perfected by Bryony herself, and a dress falling mid-thigh, I’m doubting my choices again.

“Maybe I shouldn’t go,” I murmur, running my hands over the soft material of the silver dress that Bryony insisted I had to wear. It felt like a good idea at the time, but now I’m not so sure.

“Maybe you shouldn’t doubt yourself,” she blurts in response, cocking a brow at me as she comes into view. Her hair is piled on top of her head with loose tendrils cascading down. Instead of a dress, she’s wearing a cropped tee and a denim skirt. She looks cute as hell even with the glaring look in her eyes.

“I haven’t talked to Wylder since yesterday, and?—”

“Asher asked you earlier too. Besides, Minnie just texted to say she’s on her way over now,” she replies, and my eyes widen in surprise.

“She did?”

With an eye roll, she thrusts her cell phone in my face for me to read the truth for myself.

Minnie: Are you guys ready? Wylder, Linc, and Tatum already left, but Asher and I are heading out now if you want to head down together?

Bryony: We’ll meet you in two.

I gulp before offering her a soft smile. My nerves are still getting the better of me, but maybe this is a good decision. The dressiscute.

“Fine. I’m ready, I just don’t know what to do about—” My words slam to a halt as my lips clamp shut, and Bryony stares at me in confusion. If I don’t finish my sentence now then she’s going to think I don’t trust her, but continuing what I was about to say will leave me feeling vulnerable. Thankfully, Bryony doesn’t say a word as she watches me intently until I sigh, my mind made up. “Where do you put your sand?”

Understanding washes over her face as she nods, slipping a hand inside her bra to reveal the tiniest pouch. “Got to keep the good stuff safe,” she says with a shrug, and I snort a laugh.

“In your bra?”

“That’s where all the important stuff goes,” she insists as I continue to stare at her, completely bewildered.

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