CHAPTER 17
HARRY’S POV
We sat in the living room watching a movie and chatting with Skylar. We were keeping it pretty light and airy though. We didn’t want every conversation to be so heavy and talking about her father. We wanted to take her mind off of it for a while and we really wanted to get to know the person that she is.
The more she opened up, the more I realized just what an incredible person she is.
I don’t understand why she’s being bullied at school. If people actually stopped and got to know her like Jax did when they were 14, then maybe she’d have a lot of friends.
She’d have to keep the abuse from more people, but I’m sure she was capable of doing that. She really was an incredible person and we were all casually sitting back talking and laughing. We even got a couple of smiles out of Skylar.
That’s before she laid her head on Jax’s shoulder and she started dozing off to sleep.
She had to be exhausted.
It’s lucky we lived in a big house. It meant we had a spare bedroom for her.
I sat there staring at her absentmindedly. Thinking back to my parents and a gathering that we were having at Lucas’ house.
Some people barged in with guns and started shooting the place up. I can still hear the gunfire ringing out in my ears and my mother screaming for me to run before she was gunned down.
I knew that my parents and Lucas’ parents were in some dangerous business together, but I didn’t exactly know what until after that night. I grabbed Lizzy’s hand and we ran out the side door and kept running until we were away from the house.
But we heard them coming. They were chasing us down. They were after us and they weren’t going to stop until they caught us.
Lizzy was so scared. I could see it in her face. Tears stained her face and we finally stopped behind a building where I thought we would be safe for a moment while she pulled herself together, but she was hysterical.
I kissed her and I hugged her, assuring her that we were going to be alright.
Why did I do that? Why did I promise her that we were going to be okay?
The guys with guns found us in no time. They were definitely professionals.
They held me back while they messed with Lizzy, right in front of me. I watched them as they assaulted her and several of them were holding me back while I was screaming and fighting with everything I had. But it wasn’t enough. Not even when they put a bullet in her head.
I was next. They were going to kill me as well. Until Lucas and his dad showed up and killed all of them in a blitz attack.
I ran over and held Lizzy in my arms. I screamed and cried over her but she was gone. There was nothing that I could do for her.
Lucas and his dad had to drag me away from her so we could get to safety. Lucas’ dad said that he wasn’t going to let the same thing happen to me.
I swore to myself that I wasn’t going to get close to anyone like that again. Losing Lizzy was the worst experience of my life and the fact that I couldn’t save her, still haunts me today.
I have kept everyone at arm’s length, I haven’t dared let myself love anyone else, I am always extremely cautious of anyone that comes close to me. I am so scared of feeling that loss again. I don’t let any girl come close to me. If they try, I don’t have a problem with being cruel to them and telling them where to go. I’m not interested.
But now something weird was starting to happen. I can feel myself starting to feel again. I can actually feel my heart beating again. It’s strange.
I’ve tried denying it but I can’t pretend like I am not attracted to Skylar’s resilience and beauty. Her strength and everything that makes her the woman that she is today. She’s breaking the stone away from my heart.
I was really struggling with this and I had to keep it to myself. I couldn’t let the others know. Lucas especially would make a big deal out of it.
But we have been working so hard for years now. We’ve been training in secret, with the best fighters in the world.
Lucas and I are determined to find the people that killed my parents and we’ve been training for this revenge.
We’ve never found a trace of who could be responsible.
Getting close to Skylar could potentially put her in danger. Like Lizzy. But none of us could say no to bringing her back home here.
I can’t ignore the impact that she’s already had on my life. And after talking to her tonight, in a casual setting without us talking about anything that was upsetting, she’s so much more than what people would ever expect her to be.
She’s gotten to me in a way that I never thought a girl would ever get to me again.
Jax finally stood up with Skylar in her arms, carrying her bridal style while she was still asleep and he slowly took her upstairs to put her in her bed.
She was exhausted. She’d had a massive couple of days.
I watched as he carried her up the stairs. I had mixed emotions about what I was watching. I think he should be the one to take care of her because he’s the one that she knows. But I was also jealous that I wasn’t the one carrying her. I wasn’t the one that was that close to her.
I wanted to take care of her like that.
Jax and her had a bond with her that Lucas and I couldn’t even imagine. We can’t break through what they have. She always seems to migrate closer to Jax.
I know it’s only because she doesn’t know us and she feels that little bit safer with him. We can’t fault her for that. But that doesn’t mean we have to like it either.
Lucas looked over his shoulder as he saw Jax and Skylar disappear out of sight before he turned back to look at me.
“Well, damn. Look who has a crush.” Lucas teased, wiggling his eyebrows at me. “You want Skylar so bad it’s killing you. I bet you want to be the one to take her to bed right now.” He continued as he started laughing. While trying to look completely indifferent to the whole situation.
“Really? You think I didn’t see the look on your face when she sat next to Jax and not you. Not to mention the look when she laid her head on him. You’re the one that’s jealous.” I bit back.
And with no retort from Lucas, he got up and sauntered upstairs to his bedroom. Which means I definitely got to him.
He shouldn’t tease me if he can’t take it as well.
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