“I promise. Now I need you to go, and to stay away until things blow over for me, understand? I can’t worry about you getting hurt.”
“That’s not how this works. I’m the older brother. I worry about you.”
My smile was weak, but it surfaced all the same. “The guys have the house guarded twenty-four hours a day.” I didn’t pull away when he clutched my hand. The two notes of our skin looked beautiful together, and wish as I might, the little girl inside of me missed Judge every day. When he was around, I didn’t have to have all the answers. Lately it felt like my whole life had turned into one big question mark. “I love you,” I admitted, softening further when he kissed my knuckles and then held my hand to his chest. “Now you have to go. I need you safe, Judge. So stay away until I come see you again.”
Judge’s lashes swept shut through a wince of pain. “You’re killing me, baby girl. This is what I did to you? Because it hurts.”
“And I’ll do it again and again if it keeps you alive.”
Judge hugged me once more before he exited, pausing to stare down Danny in the doorway in silent threat.
I wasn’t fine by any stretch of the imagination, but I wasn’t buried, either.
No. I wasn’t buried yet.
Read Tease and continue on with
the next book in the Terraway series.
Other books by Mary E. Twomey
The Saga of the Spheres
The Silence of Lir
Secrets
The Sword
Sacrifice
The Volumes of the Vemreaux
The Way
The Truth
The Lie
Jack and Yani Love Harry Potter
Undraland
Undraland
Nøkken
Fossegrim
Elvage
The Other Side
Undraland: Blood Novels
Lucy at Peace
Lucy at War
Lucy at Last
Linus at Large
Terraway
Taste
Tremble
Torture
Tempt
Treat
Temper
Tease
Trap
Find your next great read and sign up for the
newsletter at www.maryetwomey.com
Mary also writes contemporary romance under
the name Tuesday Embers.
View her books at www.tuesdayembers.com
Don't miss out!
Click the button below and you can sign up to receive emails whenever Mary E. Twomey publishes a new book. There's no charge and no obligation.
https://books2read.com/r/B-A-VDK-PLVP
Connecting independent readers to independent writers.
Also by Mary E. Twomey
Cursed Beauty
Beauty's Cursed Beast (Coming Soon)
Faite Falling
Ugly Girl
Lost Girl
Rich Girl
Stupid Girl
Broken Girl
Untouchable Girl
Stubborn Girl
Common Girl
Blind Girl
Savage Girl
Dangerous Girl
Other Girl (Coming Soon)
Terraway
Taste
Tremble
Torture
Tempt
Treat
Temper
Tease
Trap
Terraway Books 1-3 Bundle: Including Taste, Tremble and Torture
Terraway Books 4-6
Terraway Books 7-8 Bundle: Including Tease and Trap
Terraway Complete Collection
The O'Keefe Family Collection
Exploding
Escaping
Exhaling
Undraland
Undraland
Nokken
Fossegrim
Elvage
The Other Side
Lucy at Peace
Lucy at War
Lucy at Last
Linus at Large
Undraland Books 1-3 Bundle: Including Undraland, Nøkken and Fossegrim
Undraland Books 4-6 Bundle: Including Elvage, The Other Side and Lucy at Peace
Undraland Books 7-9 Bundle: Including Lucy at War, Lucy at Last and Linus at Large
Undraland Complete Collection
Standalone
Liberating Mr. Gable
Unraveling Molly
Heart of the Woods
Keeping Cole for Christmas (Coming Soon)
Watch for more at Mary E. Twomey’s site.
About the Author
Mary lives in Michigan with her husband and three adorable children. She enjoys reading, writing, vegetarian cooking, and telling her children fantastic stories about wombats.
Read more at Mary E. Twomey’s site.
Temper Page 22