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It’s quiet for a while

By the tiain, Avalon is fast asleep, curled up intojacket

"Thanks for the chat" I whisper to ave that douche a shot now"

Closing ain, I allowthat this odd fucking cal her near drowns out the rest of the noise inany hope

I WAKE UP IN A panic, looking around a cold, dark rooh to see that the rooht to see Royal sitting in a chair with his face buried in his hands His long,over his inked hands, his shoulders sluht to take in It makes my chest hurt at the realization of what he toldthat he’s still lost in his thoughts over his loss Seeing him in pain almost physically hurtsup "I didn’t o find Jax and ask for a ride"

Royal looks up from his hands and rubs his hand down his mouth He clears his throat and reaches beside him for a bottle of whiskey "Go back to sleep You’re fine"

Getting coainst the headboard, I watch hi "I’o upstairs and watch TV so you can have your bed back at least"

I get ready to get out of his bed, but his co my heart ju his eyes onit aside My heart begins racing with unwanted desire asit all in; every inch of pure inked muscle This man is undeniably beautiful, and I could spend hours just adrow tired

My eyes follow his hands as they lower down his body to undo his jeans, before pushing the hihto just reach out and touch thismakes my chest ache with need

I can’t pull my eyes away as he walks over to the opposite side of the bed and crawls in beside h, just below his black boxer briefs

My heart drops as I take in the three, long, jagged lines Without thinking, I reach out and runmy wrist, he pulls it away and squeezes it "A knife"