LOGIN“He’s a good kid, Dom. Give him a break. Sure he made some mistakes…” my mother countered and my nose scrunched from her words. This wouldn’t be the first I’d heard her say that. The way he always spoke for Kye made it seem like she accepted him or something. Somehow she’d forgotten what he had don
AVAIt was official that I now hated hospitals. And all it took to get me to hate it were three trips. And this was Kye’s second one.They’d taken him in an hour ago and there was still no word from anyone about him.His gunshot wound hadn’t even healed yet and he was under the knife again. And all
KYEOf course I chose her. I wasn’t stupid enough to let Dylan touch her because I couldn’t make a decision. But I also didn’t shoot her father. I shot at my uncle instead. And this time I didn’t have to think much about it. All except the risk that the bullet could hit Ava, or that Dylan could mov
“Just tell me what it’ll take for me to do for you to let her go.” I changed the subject fast, hoping it would distract him from that vile thought. He tipped his head up and gave me a look that read he didn’t expect that from me.I took that moment of silence and lowered my eyes to Ava. Her mouth w
My thumb worked fast, my eyes darted from the road, to the phone and then back to the road again. I wouldn’t want to crash into another car before even saving the damsel in distress.“Old Vintage Point Storage…” the message read. I copied the words and skipped over to the maps app and pasted it ther
KYEThe room fell silent. Liam’s words stung deeper than I expected it to. It wasn’t just cutting me off from his family, I could live with that. This was about Ava and expecting me to keep away from her.It was next to impossible with me. But that wasn’t what I needed to be thinking about right no
KYERecovery was slow and being in bed all day long made every second stretch thinly and fragile like a glass that was easy to break. The doctors had cleared me for light movement, but my ribs still ached like someone had stitched fire with my skin. Every breath I took scraped against the edge of t
By dessert, I couldn’t take it anymore, the air felt too tight, the guilt too heavy, so I excused myself early, muttering something about needing rest. When I got back to my room, I paced around because sleep wouldn’t come, not when her silence echoed in my head. I owed her more than a half finis
“That’s my boy,” she said proudly, and just before she hung up, she added, “do it right and I’m going to have the watch sent to you this week. But only after everything is complete and you impress me.”The line went dead and I was left to stare at the blank screen as my pulse thrummed in my ears. I
KYEHis jaw locked and I thought he would let me burn by ratting me out, but then Asher, loyal shadow that he was, caught the look between us and slid closer and without a word, he opened his hand. That’s a signal. The officials called Liam’s name making him step forward stiffly, and in that split







