Where Broken Wings Fly (Briar Valley, #1)

by J. Rose

She stares up at me with big, blue eyes that sucker punch me right in the damn chest. I don’t usually like children—too loud and demanding—but there’s something about this tiny speck of sass and fire that I find endearing. “I missed you, giant.” I blink, taken aback. “Me?” A smile blooms across her pink lips. “Where have you been?” “Hiding, obviously.” “You’re too big and fat to hide from me!” Zach laughs his stupid ass off, and not even my glare shuts him up. Arianna joins in,

Sparing me a doe-eyed look, Arianna unveils an innocent smile that steals my breath away. I don’t know how to react, shuffling my feet like a damned idiot instead. These two are confusing the fuck out of me.