A Pack Of Vows and Tears

proached He

y boxes. Crossing my arms, I watched him approach and, like those ballerinas, I whirled as he rounded the square building

deserve his aloofness. August had always been one of my favorite people in Colorado. And I wanted it to stay

ed into mine, before roving over the room toward th

rank. Something must've been said through the mind

Liam. "I need a

ng with annoyance. At least I wasn't t

uncle to stare at his tan loafers. Finding out his

die or were you hoping he would? I yearned to get answers because a part of me could

end's deep timbre. Unable to leave well-enough alone, I strode through the small clusters of men chugging celebratory beer

ust? What did I do

d the force of his gaz

I was worried i

pened?" I asked, s

" Frank started toward t

ugust nor

Frank

owered h

understan

imally softer, which wasn't to say soft. It was stil

" I kept my voice low. "You're the one w

ank's voice bro

fallen way too quiet. Lucas and Matt stared at me as I passed b

dies. He wasn't hard to spot. It wasn't so much that he was taller than all the others-he wasn

," I told him as Au

ce. He was protective and possessive of the people he liked. Since he'd climbed

k want to talk to me? And why was August acting like someone had wronged him? He hadn't coveted the title o

lding. August was already inside. As I treaded past him, he shut

other, and laced my fingers around my knee, which had started bobbing

d crossed his arms, tendons pinching underneath his burnished skin. He'd never disclosed the location of where he'd been stationed these past few weeks, but I suspected he'd acq

Maybe it wasn't hunger. Maybe it was stress.

pasming, isn't it,

ipped my hand off my mi

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l?" I

f what you'v

racted? What ha

oward August. "How'

e replied

was scared now. I wasn't in pa

," Frank said.

were pirouetting inside my skull.