Talon's Heart

And now this, the very thing I'd told myself would not happen, had blindsided me. I'd laughed to myself when I listened to the other females go on and on about the hot Talon, sure that I wouldn't fall prey to his charms. From the stories I'd heard, I was pretty sure I would be immune to his brand of suave. One dog in my life was enough to last me a lifetime; thank you very much. But with that one look, I knew I'd only been fooling myself. I'd convinced myself that no one person could be as perfect as they all seemed to think; I was pretty confident that they had to be exaggerating. I'm afraid I had only been setting myself up for this. It seems being burnt once hadn't taught me anything after all if the pain in my heart was anything to go by. I don't remember feeling this gutted by Robert's betrayal. There had been disappointment and humiliation, yes, but not this sense of total loss. Which made no sense whatsoever because I'd known Robert all my life; this Talon Avery

Stephanie and Skylar were prattling on about some upcoming bio test and didn't seem to notice that I'd joined them, but I would've sworn Skylar seemed more alert somehow. Huh! "Hey Steph, why don't you introduce Skylar to Talon?" Good guy Kevin."Hey Talon, great game last night." She smiled up at me."Thanks Steph." I was still eyeballing Skylar. "This is my best friend Skylar, we grew up together in Rhode Island." She made the introductions in a blasé way as if she had no qualms about introducing the kitten to the tiger. Maybe I'd been worried for nothing, I felt sure Stephanie would be reticent to let me anywhere near her friend, not that that would've stopped me. But I was expecting a little resistance on her part. She could have no way of knowing that I'd lost my damn mind on the football field and was suffering some sort of out of body experience. I had a sneaky suspicion that I knew what was going on here but I couldn't jump the gun. If what

I stared into his amazing eyes; my heart was beating like a trapped bird in my chest as I tried to make sense of what had just happened. "What...you...what?" Was that my voice, how had I lost the ability to form a coherent thought? "You don't have a man and quite honestly I hate to tell you, that wouldn't have stopped me. I'm no poacher, but for you, I would've made an exception. But since that's not necessary I don't see a problem. I want you, you want me." He gave me a boyish grin and hugged me close again as if that was all there was to it. Did the others really fall for this? "Wait a minute, don't I get a say in this? I mean how can you just decide something like that after one kiss?" Good, my voice was mine again. "You have to ask after that kiss? Trust me sweetheart I know you felt what I felt. My world damn near exploded and I'm willing to bet yours did too." "Yes...well, but we hardly know each other." I tried in vain to e

"Skylar I asked you a question.""Talon I don't know what he's up to okay." ?She started sneezing again. That's it, I'm taking her stubborn ass to the doctor if that shit doesn't stop no matter what the hell she says. Who would've thought that my girl would be so hard headed? I've been telling her to go for the past few days but does she listen, no way. Now I'm putting my foot down, but first I have to deal with this bullshit. "Has he been calling you or trying to contact you in some way?""Not that I know of." She looked pissed as hell, which helped to cool the fire burning under my skin. I noticed her annoying ass roommate still hanging around listening to everything we said, probably needed gossip for her demented friend. "Do you mind? We're having a private conversation here." I glared at her. ?"Excuse me Mr. Big shot, but this is as much my room as hers I don't have to leave if I don't want to."I don't have time for this shit, "That's it Sky

We were there for fucking ever, and I was freaking the fuck out. I mean why would they be keeping her here this long if there wasn't something seriously wrong? They tried getting me out of the room but good luck with that. My baby was stressing, she was finally grasping how serious this shit was and it was scaring her. That shit only sent me into a tailspin. I couldn't stand to see the fear in her eyes. The way she looked at me as if pleading with me to do something and I couldn't do shit. All I could do was hold her hand and whisper to her reassuringly. There's no way she can be taken from me now, that's what I kept telling myself. I tried to remember if I'd ever done anything so horrible that would cause me to suffer such a loss. I think I prayed, begged, threatened and a whole host of other things while I listened to her fight to breathe. For some reason she seemed to have gotten worst since we got here. I swore then and there that I would love and protect