Talon Avery paced back and forth in front of the school library. His tense posture and scowling expression kept friend and foe at bay, though it didn't deter any from keeping track of his every move. When a lethal weapon was barely contained, it paid to be on the alert, and damn near everyone on campus was aware that Talon was about to blow his top and unleash his infamous temper on all and sundry. Thankfully it was a known fact that only those in the direct line of fire ever felt the full force of his wrath. Skye Abbott fielded her fifth call in as many minutes, heart racing and pulse going haywire. Reading the face of her cell, she saw that it was her BFF Stephanie calling. *** TALON *** I can feel everyone's eyes following my every move as though they were expecting me to lose it any minute and go postal. If I were being honest with myself, I would admit that they had every right to be apprehensive, but I'm not feeling very magnanimou
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
It was in the cafeteria the following afternoon that I had finally been introduced. It had damn near killed me to wait through class after class and then a meet with coach, but I was on the hunt as soon as I was free. I watched her from across the room before approaching. I needed to see if I would have that same strange reaction. Like lightning striking; damn if it wasn't worst this time around. Up close, those eyes of hers were killer, and her body no longer shrouded by her parka was even more amazing than I'd first thought. Nice and easy there Avery, don't jump the girl at the table with a hundred people all in your shit. I had no doubt they were all tracking my every move since I was going against my norm. "What's up, Kevin?" I cuffed my boy on the shoulder as he sat next to Stephanie at their usual table. I usually sat across the room surrounded by a bevy of vultures. All those girls and women who wanted my attention or sought to recapture it, there wasn't enough r
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 consumed her lips; her taste went through me like a burning spear igniting a fire in my blood. Her soft curves molded themselves to my harder contours like we were made for each other. The beauty of it was that she returned my embrace with equal fervor. The way her lips clung to mine, as if she knew me. If she didn't stop making that purring sound I was afraid I would lose whatever little control I had left and ravage more than just her lips on the cafeteria steps. In a remote part of my brain I knew I needed to rein it in but I couldn't seem to stop. I had no control over my body's reaction to her, not to mention my heart and mind. I ground the sudden ache in my cock against her jeans covered softness and groaned into her mouth. No not here not her, she would not be treated like the others. I'd never make a spectacle of her; she was different. I understood that in a way that a week ago would've scared the hell out of me. Now it seemed so natural, not at all the horro
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
?I'm not in the best frame of mind I know as I leave the steps and head towards her dorm. There're a lot of spectators hanging around waiting to see me lose my shit but I won't be giving them a show. Just hearing her voice had calmed me down a little but I'm still pissed the fuck off. I'm not a hot head by any stretch of the imagination, but I am known to lose my shit once in a while and when that happens things can go south fast. Right now it's taking everything in me not to destroy everything in my path as people scramble to get out of my way. All I know is my girl had better be there when I get there or I won't be held responsible for my actions. As soon as I see her with my own eyes and get some answers I'll calm the hell down. She's turned me into a fucking lunatic is what she's done in the last few weeks. My once peaceful existence is anything but since I met the little pain in the ass. It's not that she's outright disobedient or anything, she just has a
"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