Reclaim (Release, #2)

by Aly Martinez

Choices. Everyone makes them. From mundane and monotonous to life-changing and unimaginable. But regardless what that choice may be, life is lived in the consequences.

“Jesus, how do you make a beetle sound so scary?” “Welcome to my world.”

In my experience, when things sounded too good to be true, they usually were. But not with Camden. Never with Camden.

Consequences come in all colors.

Most nights, I didn’t even allow myself to dream that it would ever come to fruition. She’d always been a mirage I could never quite catch before it disappeared.

The Cam tasted even better than it sounded.

“Show me what love feels like.”

“You can take it however you want as long as you don’t leave this bed until I make it up to you.” She shrugged. “Okay, at that speed, you can make it up to me at least thirty more times before the sun even comes up.”

And there it was. The truth that always lingered between Nora and me. Our story was a tangled tale of time and distance. Choices and consequences. Love and longing.

“Why haven’t you ever been with anyone else?” His head popped up, his gaze incredulous. “Because I want you! Why is this such a difficult concept?”

“Five years, five hundred years—it doesn’t matter. I want you, Nora. In my life. In my bed. At my side. Any and every way I can have you. I only want you. I don’t care if it’s messy or complicated. I don’t care if you are still working through the shit-hand life dealt you. I don’t care how it comes or what it looks like. I only want you.”