Page 8 of Bound by Wreckage
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Nox
“Why the fuckdid we get this shit job?” Ryker clips next to me in the club’s SUV. We only use it for times like these—hauling shit.
Being locked up in a vehicle isn’t our way of life. For all of us, it’s like caging a wild animal. While we deal with the confinesof the cars when necessary, it just feels, well, unnatural and wrong.
“I elected us. Get the fuck over it.”
He continues to bitch, making me want to laugh. I knew he’d be like this, and it’s exactly why he’s sitting next to me. It’s his fault for fucking my sister.Welcome to the family, buddy.
Our relationship hasn’t changed since he and Austyn got together, yet I find itfun to razz him even more now.
“Seriously, Nox. You’re takin’ me to a warehouse store?” He lays his head back on the seat staring at the ceiling. “What’s next? Gonna take me shoppin’ for underwear?”
“I hear Victoria has a fuck of a lot of secrets.”
He chuckles. “Yes, she does, my man. Yes, she does.” The smirk on his face lets me know exactly where his mind went. Gah, I soopened the door for that one, but really, who wants to think of their sister and lingerie. Ryker is loyal, and once he claimed Austyn that was it. Then again, in Ravage, that’s how we all are. I’ll enjoy my single life until the time comes when I can’t get some woman out of my system, so much I want her until the end of my days.
“We’ll be done quick. Just have to get the hard stuff.”
We arrive at the store with a shit ton of people going in and out of it. Women with babies crying and children running around the place.Maybe this wasn’t such a great idea.Don’t get me wrong. I love kids, just not screaming ones who have no control.
Grabbing two carts, Ryker, surprisingly, leads us back to the booze and we fill up the carts. My stomach rumbles. “Be right back.” Ileave the cart with Ryker who yells at me to get my ass back there, but I’m on a mission.
Jerky, chips, and salsa are on the menu.
Turning the corner, red hair catches me and my feet stop. It’s not a natural red, but one that comes out of a bottle because of the dark roots. She reaches over throwing several bags of chips in her cart. Her side profile confirms it’s Carsyn.
She has on long sleeves, pants, and a sun visor. Considering the temperature outside, she’s going to melt. Taking a closer look, she has sunglasses on. Inside. Why the fuck does she have sunglasses on in here?
“Carsyn?”
Her entire body freezes, her hand holding a bag of chips mid-air stills. It takes several moments, then she puts the chips in the cart and begins to walk ignoringme. She’s only a couple steps in front of me. Therefore, I move fast and get in front of her cart, my smile wide. She’d been invading my thoughts since our last meeting, and here she is.
My smile dies when her face is revealed. Yellow and green seem to mar her face. She tried covering it up with makeup and did a pretty good job of it, but I can see it.
“What happened?” Carsyn looksaround frantically, and I ask, “Is he here with you?”
“No.” Her voice is but a whisper. “I can’t talk to you. You need to go.”
She tries to maneuver around me, but she doesn’t get far.
“Tell me what happened. Buck do this?”
Her chuckle isn’t a happy one. “Hell if I know.”
“What do you mean?”
“Look, Nox. I can’t talk to you. You have to forget you eversaw me.”
“Darlin’, that’s impossible. Now tell me what’s going on.”
“I don’t have to tell you anything.” She rams the cart into my hips. Luckily my hands stop it from causing too much damage. Her words are pissed off, but her eyes are terrified.
“I know you don’t, but I’d like you to.” She’s shaken, and I need to earn her trust. I get it. I read her like a fucking book. She’sbeen mind-fucked in the worst of ways. She’s in too deep.
“Nox. Just go on with your life like you never met me. It’s better for all of us.”
