Bones (Bones, #1)

by K.L. Speer

“Bones, you don’t have to hide the soft parts of you. Not from me,” he murmured. “No matter what’s goin’ on between us, I will never use them to hurt you.”

“I think about your face when Lana pulled that gun on you. You looked relieved. You were gonna just sit there and let her kill you. An’ all I knew was that I couldn’t let that happen.”

“Touch her again, and I’ll put a bullet between your eyes,” Trey said in a dark voice I’d never heard him use before.

“Godsdamnit, Bones, I’m here ’cause I love you,” he interrupted in a burst of emotion that shocked me into silence. “Have loved you practically since you saved my life on that rooftop. And I’m not expecting anything of you, but I’m here ’cause I want to be here with you.”

“I’d wait a thousand years for you.” “You’d be long dead in a thousand years,” I said dryly, even though my heart pounded. “It’d still be worth it,” he whispered, and then he kissed me.

I choked on a tearful laugh. “I know it’s a risk, but gods, Bones, don’t you want to live for something else besides just survivin’? What’s the point if you’re too scared to experience all the things that make life worth living? I am scared—fuckin’ terrified, of losing you. I don’t know how much time we have, but I do know I don’t want to miss a single second of lovin’ you.”