Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)

by Chloe Walsh

In my world, invisibility equaled safety.

You could love this girl your whole life, the crazy thought persisted inside my brain over and over, if you just let yourself.

“All I’m trying to say is be careful,” Mam replied. “Do not break her, Johnny.” She cupped my cheek and smiled sadly. “Not when she already seems fractured.”

two plus two equals a bad bitch.”

Someone who looked like a woman worthy of that.

I needed to be really fucking careful with my next move, because once I decided that she was the girl for me, that would be that. Once I committed myself, once my heart laid claim on her, I might as well slap a label on my forehead stating, I’m yours. Please be gentle with me because I’m here to stay.

And the words of that song tormenting me. If only he knew how true those lyrics were, I thought to myself. If only…

I wanted to fight all her battles. I wanted to give her all her smiles and make her laugh and snatch her away from the rest of the world and keep her all to myself.

I knew she was too sweet and pure to be dragged into the limelight that came with my life. And I knew that she was too fucking broken for a guy like me to get tangled up with.

I don’t want to feel broken, but I do.

I was physically attracted to him, emotionally connected, and mentally terrified.