Broken Bonds (The Bonds that Tie, #1)

by J. Bree

I don't need to see more of their hate. I hate myself enough for all of us, any more and I might end up finding a fucking bridge to jump off of.

I can live with being hated. I hate myself enough to know just how easy it is to loathe me.

"If a guy shoved his phone number into your pocket around me, I'd rip his fucking throat out and yet you're standing there, unbothered and ready for fucking class?"

"Cold-hearted fucking bitch." Yeah, that's totally me. So cold that I ran away from the people fated to love me to try to stop the end of the freaking world as we know it. Total fucking bitch.

Better to be hated and alive, better to be in pain than a murderer, better to be alone and safe.

At least I know my Bonds have a reason for hating me. I betrayed them… in their eyes, I abandoned them.

“I think that if you hadn’t run away like a selfish, manipulative, childish little girl, we would’ve given you the world. There wasn’t a thing on this Earth you could’ve asked for that we would’ve refused you,

“Those opinions of yours tell me I did the right thing and I’m not pissed about it. You can hate me all you like because at least you’re fucking breathing, Gryphon. Please leave, I’m still exhausted from the healing and I can’t do this right now.”

“Leaving you was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. This pain is nothing compared to that.”

“I’ll answer, but you won’t believe me anyway. I had no other choice. I can’t say any more without risking you and the other Bonds and, despite what you all think, everything I’ve done is to keep you safe.”

"There's no point in answering it. I can't have these Bonds. You all hate me, and I know it's too dangerous to try. I'm better off alone." I get out but I hear his words before the door slams shut behind me. “That might be your truth, but it’s not mine.”

"Yeah, I'm going to fix that for the both of us pretty soon. North may be on the Council on this side of the country, but my family controls the Council on the East Coast. If he is going to a be a dick about this, then I'm taking you home with me and they can fucking rot here for all I care."

"Sweetness, I don't give a fuck what North Draven wants. If he gets in my way or upsets you, I'll royally fuck him up."

How do I tell him that the nightmares are horrible but the least of our problems? If only they were the worst thing I can do.