Page 22 of Demon's Savior
Kira starts fixing her a plate of food and rolls her eyes in frustration. "This goes beyond Austin having sex with that girl, Dani. If your family can help me, then so can mine. And maybe my uncle can help keep Austin from ever having to deal with that bitch again."
"If you say so,” Dani says, rolling her eyes. “Hey! How about after dinner we look at some movies in the theater room? Just to relax before we deal with all this shit for good." She claps her hands together in excitement.
"That sounds like a good idea, little sis."
She rolls her eyes and points between her and Kira. "Oh no, I was talking about us having a girls’ night, bro. No boys allowed."
"Come on, sis, this will help me relax some too,” I say. “What if you, Kira, Razor, and I hang out tonight, and you guys pick the movies? What do you think, Kira? Should we make it a date night?"
Razor walks up with a mouth full of food. "Who the fuck is going out on a date?"
"I guess me, Dani, Austin, and you are doing a movie night." Kira smiles at Razor.
"I'm game as long as we ain't watching some romantic shit. I don't want to deal with you guys crying and shit." With a scrunched-up face, he motions between the two girls.
"Sorry, we choose what we want if we let you asses crash our girl's night." Dani laughs at Razor.
"And what do you guys usually do on these girl's nights?" I ask, looking at my sister and Kira.
She gives Dani a huge smile then turns to Razor and me. "We usually watch porn."
"We're in!" Razor and I reply in unison.
Dani glares at Razor and me with disgust. "You guys are crazy! I'm not watching porn with my brother."
Disappointment in my voice, I look at Kira and my sister. "I rather do porn, but since I can't choose, it doesn't matter."
"You guys are hilarious. It doesn’t matter to me. You pick Dani, and not Thor,” Kira says laughing while Dani pouts. “Hey Austin, can we take a walk on the beach? I want to finish our conversation before we start movie night."
She gives me a huge smile.
"Sure thing, baby. Hey guys, we’re going to head down to the beach for a few minutes. We’ll be back."
"Don't take too long." Dani glares at us both.
I grab Kira by the hand, and we head down to the private beach. She takes off her sandals, wiggling her toes in the golden sand. "This place is so beautiful. I haven't been to the beach in a long time."
"Yeah, this place is always relaxing. Sometimes I ride up here by myself and sit for hours." I take her over to a set of chairs we have sitting around a fire pit. "So, you wanted to talk?"
"Yeah. I want to find out where you stand. Where I stand."
I run my fingers through my hair. ”The thing is, Kira, I can't explain what this is between us, to be honest. There's something there, but I can't put it into words. It absolutely scares the shit out of me."
"After all this is over, can you imagine a future with me?" She peers up from the sand to stare into my eyes.
Not quite knowing how to explain my feelings and put them into words, I think I should be as upfront as possible. "So, I’m going to be as honest with you as I can. Like I said, this shit scares me. I can't say that I can or can't have a future with you after this is done. You need to understand the life I live. We do things that I could and would never subject you to, but I also don't think I can let you go after all this is done either. Damn, I sound selfish."
I laugh and lower my head.
"Just a tad bit, but understandable." She gives me a nudge and smiles. "We have something neither of us wants to let go of, but you're not willing to give up on that life, and I would never ask you to. Could I be a part of it? I can't say with certainty, but I don't think I can let you just walk away either." She reaches from my hand. "There’s something here. Now, the question is, what do we do?"
"Sweetheart, I have no clue. I want to spend these few days with you, touching you, kissing you, and showing you how much you mean to me. But like I said before, I've done things and will do things. Terrible things. I don't want to hurt you. I don’t want you to get hurt because of who I am."
She leans her head on my shoulder, and we interlace our fingers. "I would never ask you to change, Austin. Like you would never ask me to change. But I don't think I can hide from my feelings. I don't think I even want to. From the first moment I saw you, I knew my world would be different. I’m not going to lie. I'm surprised about my feelings so soon after Avery. But I want this, Austin. For however long we got. I want it.”
“I do too.” I lift her head and kiss her soft lips.
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