Torn In Two (Saint View Slayers vs. Sinners, #2)

by Elle Thorpe

“Not your girl. My fucking girl. And God, I hate you. You could have at least let me get in. I probably just ripped something in my shoulder.” “Decide faster next time then,” I growled back, attention firmly on the road, tires kicking up dust. “Or work out more so you aren’t so precious.” Hawk flipped me the bird. “I work out plenty.”

All I could think about was getting to her. I didn’t care about anything else. Not the Slayers’ gate or the van or me or Hawk. All that mattered was her. Everything else was just collateral damage.

I’d had her in my arms for weeks. Had her naked in my sheets. And all I’d done was make her come. I’d been too fucking gutless to tell her the truth. To tell her I wanted more than just what was between her legs. Wanted her for her.

My fingers shook as I unlocked the door and held it open so Kara could enter. “We’ll get something better,” I promised her. I didn’t know how, with neither of us having a job, but I would. I’d be the man she needed me to be. I’d step up and make her a home. Take care of her. But guilt plagued me. I’d been part of the most traumatic events of her life. I’d been part of the reason she’d fled back to her parents’ home for that trauma to continue in a whole new way. I owed Kara more than money could buy and I knew it. I didn’t think for a second I was worthy of her, and yet that connection between us refused to allow me to let her go.

But I’d never had something as precious as her to protect before.

Because I had no belongings of value, and I didn’t care half as much about my life as I did about hers.