*Violet's POV*
When I get home from class, I find Stella lounging on her bed. She sits up and says, “So, did you have a good time last night?” While wiggling her eyebrows.
I drop my bag on the ground and then sit on my bed facing her and say, “We didn’t do anything last night.”
“Seriously? You had a man that looks like that in your bed and you just slept?”
“I said nothing happened last night. You didn’t ask about this morning,” with a small smile.
She laughs and says, “Come on Vi, semantics! So, spill! What happened?”
I feel my cheeks flush. I’m really not used to discussing these kinds of things. Stella makes me feel more comfortable talking about it though. I think it’s because she is so...sexually liberated. “Nothing too, you know, over the top. Just hand stuff.”
“Ugh, I bet he’s great with his fingers.”
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*Kane's POV*As we sit in the civic, I can’t believe I let her talk me into this. I am apparently wholly incapable of saying no to this girl.When we reach the gym, there are a few cars out front so it’s probably pretty busy. When we begin walking, my gaze flickers down to the tight leggings she has on and I consider making her go back to her room and change into something less appealing.I don’t suggest it though, remembering how mad she was when Jace freaked out about the outfit she wore to that club. When we walk through the doors, several heads turn our way and I make sure to glare at anyone whose eyes linger a little too long, silently telling them to back off. Thankfully, in the short time I’ve been going here, I’ve developed a reputation so they all avert their gazes quickly. I look down to find Violet looking around the gym at the equipment, completely oblivious to all of the attention.I lead her over to the ring whe
*Violet's POV*The walk up to my dorm feels excruciatingly long and I struggle to concentrate enough through the white hot desire raging through my body to unlock the door. When I finally open it, Kane slams it, clicks the lock and drops my bag. I literally jump him and wrap my legs around his waist, rocking my hips against him as I kiss him. He turns us around and pushes my back up against the wall.“More, Kane,” I groan against his mouth. The friction isn’t enough anymore. He backs us off the wall and places me down with my bum on the edge of the bed. He pries my hands from his neck and places them on the bed above my head.“Keep them there,” He says and the dominance in his voice makes me shiver and I nod. “Good girl."He moves his face and hands down to the bottom of my shirt and starts to lift it up, leaving kisses along my stomach as he goes. I arch my back to help him and he lifts the shirt over
*Kane's POV*As we watch the movie, the look on her face when she told me how incredible it was is burned into my brain. Obviously the sex was mind-blowing, but the way she looked at me like I was the only person in the world, like I was special, made me realize what it is I’ve been feeling when I’m with her: happiness. It’s an emotion I haven’t felt in so long. It excites me and terrifies me at the same time because I know it can’t last. How can it?One way or another, this whole thing ends in tragedy, but now that I’ve felt this way again, I am selfishly unable to let it go. I want every minute of this that I can get while I still can.When the movie finishes, I look down to find Violet passed out on my shoulder. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by that. Our evening was quite strenuous, as she put it. I close the laptop and then untangle my fingers and shift my arm around her back so that I can lie her down on
*Violet's POV*When Kane leaves, I quickly gather my things and head to the showers. When I get there, I shower in record time and up finishing at the same time as Stella so we walk back to the room together. When we get there, she turns around and says, “So? Was it good?!”“Good doesn’t even begin to describe it,” I tell her and she squeals.“Yes! I knew it! With that whole dangerous, moody, might kill you for looking at him sideways vibe he has going on, I knew he had to be good in bed.”I laugh and say, “What does that have anything to do with sex?”“Trust me, the level-headed mentally stable guys are always boring in bed. It’s just a fact of life. Guys who are hot, mentally stable, and awesome in bed do not exist. You can only have two out of the three.”I think about this and realize that so far her theory checks out. Jace is hot and mentally stable but definitely n
*Kane's POV*When we get to the gym, I see that it’s relatively busy once again. It usually is around this time of day. We leave our bags in the car since the plan is just to shower back at the house after and order takeout.Heading inside, I wave to Striker and Blade and then we head off to the same spot as Tuesday and start with a warm up. We then go over all of the basic motions I taught her last time before I move on to some combos.We practice for a while before Striker comes over, looks at Violet and says, “Hey, good to see you again. Looks like you’re picking this up pretty fast. You’re a natural.”She smiles widely at him and I have the sudden urge to punch him in the face.“Thank you,” she replies, “I have a good teacher,” and then flashes me a grin that manages to dissolve all of my anger instantly.“That you do,” he says and then looks at me
*Violet's POV*I get halfway down the hall and realize I left my towel in the room so I go back to get it, and when I open the door and see he’s facing away from me, I catch a glimpse of his back for the first time. There’s no mistaking what I saw. Even from this distance, with the tattoos covering them, the pattern is easily recognizable. The diagonal lash marks run down from both of his shoulders.“Are – are those what I think they are?” I ask quietly as I meet his gaze. His eyes are guarded and I see pain flash through them and I instantly regret asking when he nods his head once. I feel my throat constrict and I swallow hard to stop myself from crying as I imagine someone doing that to him.“Who?” I ask. He doesn’t answer. The wordsyou don’t know my fatherrun through my mind. I feel sick. “Harper?” I see the flash in his eyes when I say his name. He doesn’t nee
*Kane's POV*As we lay in bed, Violet cuddled into my side, bare skin against mine, I feel completely content. I don’t think anything will ever feel as good as her body wrapped around mine.I was so worried about her seeing the scars on my back. Worried that she would tell someone, worried that it would scare her away, that it would upset her and make her want to run as far away from me as possible. But she didn’t. Instead, she ran her finger and her lips over them and replaced the hideous feeling with something…else; something that I’m not even sure how to describe.It’s incredible to think how just 3 weeks ago, she thought I hated her. In such a short period of time, she’s managed to forgive every bad thing I ever said or did to her. I don’t know how I can possibly deserve this; deserve her, but I’m so grateful for it.At this point I can’t even fathom ever hating her. How did I convince myself I di
*Violet's POV*The second I drive away from him, I have the urge to just stop the car and not leave. I realize that makes me a literal crazy person, but I can’t help it. I have never craved closeness to another person this much in my life and it’s driving me insane. Jace and I spent a year seeing each other only once a month and I was fine with it. Thinking back on it, that was probably the first sign that we weren’t really meant to be together.But does me feeling this way mean I’m meant to be with Kane? Every fibre of my being is screaming yes but there’s just so much stacked against us. Fate must have a really sick sense of humour.Pulling up in the driveway for the first time in three weeks causes a feeling of comfort to wash over me. I text both Stella and Kane to let them know I made it here and then grab my bag and head inside. When I open the doors, it feels so different even though everything looks exactly the same.&n