BLOODY LIFE
ll to my knees. Damn it! As I sat there trying to recover, I scanned the area for the fastest way out. That's when I s
our business," Jac
r Jackson was planning answered. "You're fu
with one hand, and used the other to lay Paul completely out. He moved so quickly, I wondered if my eyesight was jacked up because I c
retched out his hand and stopped him
"Her stupid ass isn't wor
get out of here while you
when I watched his eyes flash s
car, when the tall, dark-haired stranger caught Jackson by the collar of hi
nge fearful glances. They quickly reached for Paul who
just happened
" Jackson ordered the t
ven as they hurled themselve
te picked up. Now, I was
h
icing that I was backed e
to adrenaline helping to save your lif
y hand. "Don't come a
o, you're not," he said. "It's dark, and you a
I lied, debating how trustwor
d. "Sure
n unexplainable energy wash over me. I
" I said as I t
ct. The guy caught my hand and waist befor
his eyes met mine, I could see the electric blue in them, magnified aga
my entire body suddenly felt drawn to him. He rubbed his thumb over the back of my hand, studying it. I was about to jerk away, but unexpectedly, I felt a connectio
okay?"
ough everything in my body told me to
ehead, trying to sort out my thoughts, "I just need
email, but I knew she wouldn't answer a number she didn't know, especially this late.
e that did weird things to me again. "My
presence the longer I was with him. "And thanks
ped off to and laughed, "It was nothing. I'm sorry yo
be f
uble tonight if I hadn't shown up wh
y quieted my frazzled nerves? I should not be feeling this comfortable after what ha
gaze away from the god-like man standing in front of me. I oddly felt
if my friend doesn't call back in a few more
I can easily t
, and instead eyed his massive motorcycle. "I'd ra
spine, prompting me to close my
ked curious as he watched me. It made me wonder if he'd felt the same magnetic d
n," he sof
his phone, "If my friend calls back just le
alking home this late a
l that far.
houses. The further I got away from him, the more my nerves started to take over ag
d that. The last thing I needed after Jackson and his dick friends tried to have their w
he silent street welcomed me and my exhau
the guy who saved me. For the hundredth time, mom was face down on the kitchen floor. She had puked into the sink, a
eling for her weak pulse. I rested her head on my lap
ed the cordless phone that Mom refused to get rid of from its charging station. I dialed 911, a
xpression on his face. It wasn't good. Did I lose her? I felt the tears sting in