SYNOPSIS:
He was my best friend.
Until he became my enemy.
All within the span of one night.
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang.
The rapid fire of gunshots became the soundtrack to my life.
This is the Mafia. Lines are blurred. Choices are never black and white. And the life you thought you knew is... one giant lie.
He was dead.
And I didn't want his life to be in vain, so I tried to make something of myself. I tried and failed.
Now he's back. Alive. And he wants something...
Me.
Nobody ever said the mafia played fair.
Welcome to The Family.
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Rachel Van Dyken:
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband and their snoring Boxer, Sir Winston Churchill. She loves to hear from readers! You can follow her writing journey at www.rachelvandykenauthor.com
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EXCERPT:
I
wanted his lips more than I wanted my next breath, but how long
before those lips were taken away? How long before my heart would get
ripped from my chest a second time? I almost didn’t survive the
first — I knew I wouldn’t live through the second.
With
a jerk I pulled back and slapped him across the face. “How dare
you!”
Ax
swore and hit the steering wheel. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry I
shouldn’t have assumed—”
“Assumed,
what?” I yelled. “That I wouldn’t be completely pissed off?
That I wouldn’t be shattered!” My voice wavered. “Totally
wrecked forever because I’ve been mourning the loss of my best
friend for five damn years only to find out he’s very much alive
and suddenly wanting to play the white knight?” My body started to
shake. “I died that day!”
Ax’s
face twisted with pain. “Amy, I had to protect you… at all costs
I had to protect you.”
“Your
protection broke my heart,” I whispered.
He
sighed, running his hands through his hair before answering. “Ames,
sometimes what’s the best for us — is exactly what hurts the
most.”
I
refused to look at him. Instead I looked down, down at my bare legs,
at the outfit I’d almost paraded about in before a crowd of
horrible drunk men in order to make money. I wasn’t the same girl
he’d left. I was damaged in the worst way. Because by saving me, Ax
had taken away all purpose from my life. When I thought he’d died,
my only goal was to live because he hadn’t.
And
now? Now the shame of my situation was crippling.
Foster
care kid.
Unwanted.
Unloved.
And
completely and utterly alone. Abandoned, even by my best friend.
“Five
years, Ax. And now you come for me…” I licked my lips. “I’m
not vain enough to think it’s because you can’t find anyone to
warm your bed at night, and I’m not confident enough to think it’s
because you missed me so much you just couldn’t stay away. What do
you want?”
“You.”
“Try
again.”
He
swore and looked away. “It doesn’t have to be like this. Had I
known you were in this position—”
“What?”
I snorted then bit down on my lip to keep from crying. “You would
have driven here faster? You would have rescued me sooner? Pitied me
more? Take your pick, Ax. Now tell me the truth. Don’t start off
this new-found relationship with a lie.”
He
was silent for a while then whispered, “You have something I need.”
“A
brain?”
Ax’s
smile nearly took my breath away “Besides that.”
I
pressed my lips together and looked out the window at my dark and
cramped apartment. “I have exactly one stuffed animal from my old
life, the one you gave me when I was six. I have a Polaroid picture,
a toothbrush, enough clothes to get me through a week and a half of
living, a hairbrush, two elastic hair bands — Do you see where I’m
going with this?” I sighed and ran my hands through my hair. “I
have nothing you need, let alone want. Believe me.“
Ax
studied my face, his expression softened as he said, barely above a
whisper, “Let me be the one who decides that.”
I
looked away.
“Don’t
do that, Ames,” he murmured. “Don’t shut me out.”
“Five
years, Ax.” I looked straight ahead. “Five years where my tears
were the only thing keeping me company at night. I think you lost the
right to tell me what to do.”
He
swore. The car door opened. I gasped as humid air filtered in. “What
are you doing?”
“Getting
out of the car.” He shrugged and gestured at the building. “Going
into your apartment and packing you up. We’ll stay at a hotel
tonight.”
I
snorted. “My apartment not good enough for you?”
“No.”
He pulled a gun from his jeans, thumbed off the safety, and held it
out in front of him. “I just hate getting woken up in the middle of
the night with gunshots ringing out, don’t you?”
“Yeah.”
I gulped, my eyes still trained on the gun.
“Guns
don’t hurt people… people do,” Ax said softly. “Remember
that.”
“I
do.” I met his gaze. “Because in the end, it wasn’t the gun
that broke my heart — it was you.”
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