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Authors: Amanda Siegrist
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words suddenly didn't feel right.
"No answer to my question. Or is it because I already know the answer, so why are we even talking here. Please, let me go so I can leave."
"You can't leave. Austin wants you here, so it doesn’t matter what I want. He told me to be cordial and I'll try my hardest. Not for you, but for him. I don't care anything about you." He still held her arm, hating the feel of it in his hands, yet the urge to let go, not there. Even as bone thin as she was, her skin felt like silk, and he oddly enjoyed his hand on her.
"I want to leave and you can't make me stay. Let me go," Ava demanded.
Finally, a little more force coming out of her mouth. This was much better. He'd rather deal with an angry Ava than a lifeless one. Without thinking, he grabbed the suitcase from her hand and threw it across the room where it hit the dresser. He let go of her arm and quickly swooped her into his arms gently, as if she were made of glass.
The sickness that filled his gut grew larger as he stalked over to the bed. He tried to hide the cringe at how truly light she was. Barely lighter than a feather.
He laid her on the bed and shoved at the blanket until he managed to throw it over the top of her. The entire time Ava stared at him with shock on her face. Utterly speechless.
"You're staying. Austin wants you here. Don't eat. See if I care. Sleep and hide in this room all you want, but you'll stay because he wants you to. It sure in the hell won't be because of something I said that you leave." Zane glared at her and then walked out of the room, slamming the door on his way out.
***
Ava sat at the large rectangular dining room table, pushing her food around. She sat next to Austin, while Zane was across the way from her, Eleanor right next to him. She could feel his eyes on her, but she was too afraid to look up.
His anger earlier had scorched her bones. She decided she liked Austin's anger better. That she could handle. She wasn’t quite sure she could handle Zane's. She knew before she came she probably wouldn't survive his anger. Lingering in the back of her mind, she secretly hoped he would take her pain away by throwing all his anger at her—do something to her. Just take it all away.
The air of fright and confusion by his earlier actions still lingered within her trembling body. She didn't fear he would physically harm her. She believed Austin when he said Zane would never touch a hair on her head. When she thought back, she hadn't felt a forceful touch once from him—from grabbing her arm to scooping her into his embrace. Gentleness had cradled her, even as she felt the flow of anger run through his veins.
He had frightened her in an emotional way. Her body had responded when he touched her arm and exploded into quivering pleasure when he picked her up. The surprising reaction, the new feeling of butterflies in her stomach, startled her. She hadn’t felt her body tingle from a man's touch in a long time. The rarity of the rushing jolt through her body made her wonder why she avoided feeling the glorious sensation. Then she remembered because she had worked more than dated.
Shock had overtaken her thoughts that it had to come from Zane. The last man she ever expected to feel that way about. Thinking such thoughts equaled disaster, including the pleasure spreading vigorously from her head right down to the tip of her toes as she remembered the way it felt to be in his arms. Not only was it wrong from the hateful passion she felt, but for the simple reality. He was Jimmy's brother. It just didn’t seem right.
***
"You work too much, Ava. Let's go to O'Hares and find a good man for you," Jimmy said, grinning, as they walked out of the precinct together.
Ava slapped his arm playfully. "I don't need a man and anything we find at O'Hares will probably be a cop. You know that's where most of us hang out. I refuse to date a cop. It's against the rules."
"It is?" he asked surprised.
"It's one of my rules,
"No answer to my question. Or is it because I already know the answer, so why are we even talking here. Please, let me go so I can leave."
"You can't leave. Austin wants you here, so it doesn’t matter what I want. He told me to be cordial and I'll try my hardest. Not for you, but for him. I don't care anything about you." He still held her arm, hating the feel of it in his hands, yet the urge to let go, not there. Even as bone thin as she was, her skin felt like silk, and he oddly enjoyed his hand on her.
"I want to leave and you can't make me stay. Let me go," Ava demanded.
Finally, a little more force coming out of her mouth. This was much better. He'd rather deal with an angry Ava than a lifeless one. Without thinking, he grabbed the suitcase from her hand and threw it across the room where it hit the dresser. He let go of her arm and quickly swooped her into his arms gently, as if she were made of glass.
The sickness that filled his gut grew larger as he stalked over to the bed. He tried to hide the cringe at how truly light she was. Barely lighter than a feather.
He laid her on the bed and shoved at the blanket until he managed to throw it over the top of her. The entire time Ava stared at him with shock on her face. Utterly speechless.
"You're staying. Austin wants you here. Don't eat. See if I care. Sleep and hide in this room all you want, but you'll stay because he wants you to. It sure in the hell won't be because of something I said that you leave." Zane glared at her and then walked out of the room, slamming the door on his way out.
***
Ava sat at the large rectangular dining room table, pushing her food around. She sat next to Austin, while Zane was across the way from her, Eleanor right next to him. She could feel his eyes on her, but she was too afraid to look up.
His anger earlier had scorched her bones. She decided she liked Austin's anger better. That she could handle. She wasn’t quite sure she could handle Zane's. She knew before she came she probably wouldn't survive his anger. Lingering in the back of her mind, she secretly hoped he would take her pain away by throwing all his anger at her—do something to her. Just take it all away.
The air of fright and confusion by his earlier actions still lingered within her trembling body. She didn't fear he would physically harm her. She believed Austin when he said Zane would never touch a hair on her head. When she thought back, she hadn't felt a forceful touch once from him—from grabbing her arm to scooping her into his embrace. Gentleness had cradled her, even as she felt the flow of anger run through his veins.
He had frightened her in an emotional way. Her body had responded when he touched her arm and exploded into quivering pleasure when he picked her up. The surprising reaction, the new feeling of butterflies in her stomach, startled her. She hadn’t felt her body tingle from a man's touch in a long time. The rarity of the rushing jolt through her body made her wonder why she avoided feeling the glorious sensation. Then she remembered because she had worked more than dated.
Shock had overtaken her thoughts that it had to come from Zane. The last man she ever expected to feel that way about. Thinking such thoughts equaled disaster, including the pleasure spreading vigorously from her head right down to the tip of her toes as she remembered the way it felt to be in his arms. Not only was it wrong from the hateful passion she felt, but for the simple reality. He was Jimmy's brother. It just didn’t seem right.
***
"You work too much, Ava. Let's go to O'Hares and find a good man for you," Jimmy said, grinning, as they walked out of the precinct together.
Ava slapped his arm playfully. "I don't need a man and anything we find at O'Hares will probably be a cop. You know that's where most of us hang out. I refuse to date a cop. It's against the rules."
"It is?" he asked surprised.
"It's one of my rules,
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