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Sometimes silence speaks the only truth.
Ryder
Hawkley swallows his words the way he swallows his guilt. A
life-altering tragedy keeps him locked away in a silent prison—a
self-imposed punishment for a horrific mistake. His reputation…
Freak.
Weirdo.
Alexis Honeycutt arrives at college craving one thing—independence. Now, away from home and free from her family's overprotection, she attends a party with friends that will ultimately change her life. The moment she spots Ryder Hawkley sitting across the room, Alexis is intrigued.
Dangerous.
They whisper.
The intensity shimmering from Ryder’s haunting eyes beckons her, but Alexis vows to stay away from him. Only, she can’t seem to get Ryder’s unnervingly quiet stare out of her head.
Ryder is determined to ignore Alexis’s contagious smile the instant she strolls into the room. Despite his efforts, he is drawn to her and finds himself questioning everything he’d been holding on to for the past two years.
Freak.
Weirdo.
Alexis Honeycutt arrives at college craving one thing—independence. Now, away from home and free from her family's overprotection, she attends a party with friends that will ultimately change her life. The moment she spots Ryder Hawkley sitting across the room, Alexis is intrigued.
Dangerous.
They whisper.
The intensity shimmering from Ryder’s haunting eyes beckons her, but Alexis vows to stay away from him. Only, she can’t seem to get Ryder’s unnervingly quiet stare out of her head.
Ryder is determined to ignore Alexis’s contagious smile the instant she strolls into the room. Despite his efforts, he is drawn to her and finds himself questioning everything he’d been holding on to for the past two years.
Excerpt:
I
cautiously reached out to him. Grasping the back of his neck, I pulled him toward
me again. Despite his fury, he let himself get tugged into my space. His angry
breath was hot on my face. His narrowed eyes bore holes into mine. And yet,
there was something else—something indefinable.
As I ran my fingers through the soft hair around his hairline, his breathing began
to slow, and the muscles in his neck began losing tension. When his lips parted,
I thought he might say something. Instead, he glanced down at my lips then back
up again.
My
mouth suddenly felt very dry, so I licked my lips. “To be here like this with
you…” I moved closer to him, closing the gap between us. “To see the steps
you’re taking for me....I just…I’m sorry…I just can’t help what I’m feeling. About
you. For you. With you.” I held my breath for a second, partly thinking he’d
fling me off of him and bolt for the door. But he didn’t.
Instead,
he reached up and curled a strand of my hair around his index finger, gently
tucking it behind my ear. I watched out of the corner of my eye, anticipating
the moment his fingers would graze my skin. When his forefinger brushed against
the edge of my ear lobe, I shivered beneath his touch. A flash of heat pulsed
through my body, lighting my insides on fire. The hair on the back of my neck
stood at attention. Every nerve ending on my skin ached to be touched by his
gentle fingers. He must have noticed me quivering because his stormy, brooding
eyes flicked toward the delicate skin of my neck, where I could feel my
heartbeat pounding in the hollow crevice between my collarbones.
The
way he looked at me, craving something and yet denying himself the pleasure,
made me feel light-headed. Kiss me
already, my mind demanded. He looked at me like he could do much more than
kiss me. The quickening I felt down below was proof that I’d let him.
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