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Cole’s Jeep is already parked in the driveaway. I leave my backpack in the car and follow Aiden up the steps.
“Why did Cole ask to meet us here?” “Don’t know.”
“You mean to tell me that you came wi...
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“Anything that involves having you by my side is t...
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“Did you spend the morning with Cole? Is that why you didn’t come to school?”
“I had a meeting with my consultant about Oxford.”
At the end of the year, Aiden and I will go in different directions, whether we like it or not.
“Not a word, Silver.” Cole’s steel tone cuts through the silence of the cottage. “I don’t want to hear your voice.”
“What are you doing here, Queens?” Aiden barges inside without as much as making his presence known. “Ask Cole,” she hisses. Which means Aiden didn’t know she’d be here.
“Elsa.” Cole smiles, but there’s no warmth behind it. It’s like he has to smile, but doesn’t want to. “Sit down. There’s something you need to know.”
glance at Aiden with questions written all over my face. He lifts a shoulder and flops down beside me. His arm stretches on the back of the sofa, almost touching my skin, but not quite.
“Get it over with, Queens.” Aiden’s impatience shows through his voice. “I don’t have all day.”
“I don’t know why we keep getting involved, you and I.”
Same.
“Remember Adam?” she asks. “Did he hurt you again?” I blurt and she winces. “Again,” Cole speaks so low it’s terrifying. “So it’s happened before, yes?”
Oh, boy. He’s not amused. At all.
“You don’t have pepper spray.”
“He believed I did.” I pause. “What are you so agitated about?”
“Why do you fucking think? He could’ve taken both of you to God knows where in his state. Do you have no sense
Silver and I may not get along, but I don’t wish ill will upon my worst enemy.
“I only found out yesterday.” Silver fixes her already immaculate jacket and stares at her violet nails. “Adam came over and… well, he said a lot of shit.”
“Adam said that…” She licks her dry lips. “He was the one who pushed Elsa in the pool.”
“He said he did it to get in my good graces, okay?” She meets my gaze. “I swear I had nothing to do with it. I only just found out myself. If I knew, I would’ve told you.”
Silver is malicious, but she’s not a criminal.
“Come here, Silver. Go there, Silver. What do you think I am? Your fucking toy?”
meets my gaze and whispers, “I’m sorry.”
“She only learned this information yesterday. Don’t beat her up again.”
“Says the guy who watched while she was beaten to a pulp,” Aiden scoffs.
“She brought it on herself that time.” H...
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“What if I want to go home?” “Then I’ll take you home.” I eye him suspiciously. “Really?”
“Later. I’ll drive you home later.”
“Don’t what?” I’m genuinely confused. “Don’t pull away from me.” “I’m not pulling away.”
“I call bullshit. You’re going Frozen on me again.”
“The only thing I deserve is you.”
He completes me. And not in a Disney kind of way. His darkness speaks to me on levels that scare the bejesus out of me. So, yeah, I might be playing my last running away card. What? A girl has to look out for herself. “You said you’ll take me home later.” I smother my skirt. “It’s later now.”
I always forget how erratic Aiden’s heartbeat can go. Like thunderstorms. Deadly, but also alive. So, so alive.
“You owe me from the past, Elsa.”
“She’s dead. You’re alive.” He tilts his head.
“I’ll use whatever I can to get you. I have no boundaries when it comes to you, Elsa.”
“The scar on my ankle is because she had me cuffed with metal to heavy chains. The scars on my back are because she hit me with a horsewhip over and over again until I passed out. I don’t think she stopped even when I lay lifeless on the floor.”
“She gave me nothing to eat and barely anything to drink. I had to piss and shit where I slept. She treated me worse than a dog, and the funny part was, she never really saw me. She saw someone else when she looked at me. When I finally came back home, the only person who could’ve made it better was also gone.”
“Do you know how it feels to be hit with a horsewhip until the skin breaks? Until blood drips to the ground?”
“It hurt like a bitch especially for an eight-year-old who didn’t know real pain.”
“I will if you kiss me and make it better.”
“No?” He lifts a shoulder. “Worth a try.”
“There hasn’t been a day where I haven’t thought about you. Every time I manage to sleep, I dream of you. You were my obsession since we were kids, but now it’s way fucking worse. I don’t know how I managed to spend eight years without you in my life when now I suffocate if I don’t see you for hours.” My eyes fill with tears. “Aiden…” “Choose me, Elsa. Choose us.”
“I’m being fucking nice here, Elsa. I’ve been patient, but I’m this close to say fuck everything and take you all to myself. Don’t. Push. Me.” He emphasises as he strokes his thumb over my pulse point. “Even I don’t know what I’ll do.”
“What are you being so mad about?” No answer. “So it’s the silent treatment now?”
“Go inside before I kidnap and fuck you into oblivion.”
I roll down the window. “Hey, Dad.” “Hey, Princess.” He smiles. “Come inside.”
