The Broken Raven - A Paradox Of Two Worlds Series Book 1

Chapter 9- Clay

She looks lovely with the sun on her face as we make the relatively calm trip to my house, so I don't mind. When we get there, I pull my little stunt and open the door for her. She smiles, and it takes everything I have to resist kissing her right then and there. She needs to be the real deal; I don't want her to be just another one-night stand. She's something special. I can feel it. She inspires me to do better. She never caves in, according to what I've been told, so I have to be careful.

We head to the kitchen. She settles into an island seat and observes me preparing lunch. I consider the reasons behind her actions as we eat.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead," she says, taking a bite out of her sandwich.

"Brie says you're the female version of me. You play guys and then drop them like nothing ever happened. Why?"

I don't play with guys." She chuckles. "I've always felt different, like I could control things to go my way, so when they would come around, it was like something pulled them toward me, and what they thought they felt was love, wasn't there. They just come around and try to make me love them, but since I don't believe love exists, I just have fun. Despite my attempts to get them to stop, they just kept coming, one after another. I eventually gave in and turned into the infamous bad girl, upping my game to the point where I hurt other people's feelings. Brie asserts that it is a result of my dark heart. The feelings of others don't concern me. So I suppose that makes me broken." She finishes. 

She isn't broken; she's different. I should know because what I feel for her I have never felt for anyone else. But I can't help but wonder if she'll ever see herself the way I see her. And if she'll ever realise that her differences are what make her beautiful.

"Okay, I know you said not to bring her up, but why don't you talk about your mom?"

"That's for another time. My turn!" She says with curiosity. "Why do you do it?"

"Nearly the same as you, I would say. The women I've dated don't like me. They want to be able to brag that they spent the night with the sexiest bad boy in school, but that all stopped last year." Answering her, she looks into my eyes.

"Why?" she asks. Nosy, she is. I look at her, thinking we are done with this conversation. "Well? Why?" Determined she is.

I take a deep breath. "Something horrible happened. I lost my humanity because of it. Logan helped me find my way back. I was callous and promised myself I would never be like that again." I confess to her.

"Are you going to tell me what happened, or are you going to make me figure it out on my own?" She states. I don't want to scare her. I want her to trust me and feel safe around me, but as long as Sloane is around, I can't allow myself to get too close. She looks at me, intrigued by what she sees.

"What?" I ask her as I grab our plates and put them in the sink. She stands up and looks me up and down.

"I don't see it." She says.

"See what?" Curiosity takes over as my eyes narrow at her.

"You have a bad boy reputation, according to people. I simply can't see it." She might be trying to test me, but I'm not sure. I'll make sure she knows who rules this region.

I raise her and set her down on the counter with my hands firmly on her ass. Her legs widen as my body draws her in. My body tenses up, and my eyes grow dimmer.

"I have no problem ripping off your clothes and taking you right here." My eyes are still on her; she bites her bottom lip. Before I can continue, noise coming from the hall stops our conversation.

"Looks like Brie and Logan are finally up," I say, pulling myself away from her.

"Good afternoon, princess. How did you sleep?" Raven says, holding back her laughter.

"Oh shit, Raven, I'm so sorry I forgot. We can go now if you want." Brie says, feeling guilty.

"It's okay Clay already went with me. You and Logan go ahead with your plans. We're almost done here anyway, and then he is taking me home." Raven replies. Brie hugs her and heads out with Logan. This day is going well; nothing can go wrong.

"Now, where were we?" I smile. I place myself between her again and lean down. My tongue crazes her neck; an elicit moan escapes her mouth, and I smirk. I can still hear Logan and Brie in the house, but her goosebumps have rendered me indifferent. My mouth finds its way to her lips, but a knock at the door stops me. Who the hell could that be? Logan yells out, saying he's got it.

Then I heard that annoying voice. I spoke too soon. "Where's Clay?"

"Oh, look, Satan is here," Logan says. "He's busy. Come back later."

"Get out of my way." Sloane pushes herself past both of them, yelling my name. I roll my eyes and look at Raven. She just laughs.

"Clay, what are you ...." She stops, realising Raven is sitting on the counter with me in between her legs. "What is she doing here?" She says through her teeth. Sloane looks like she is ready to explode. I can see from the corner of my eye that Raven is trying her best not to burst out into laughter.

"Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?" Sloane manages to spew it out, trying to sound threatening.

"You thought that weak-ass threat would make me tremble or make me scared of you? I'm pretty sure I thought I said your threats didn't bother me." Raven gives her a condescending smile.

I can see Sloane getting angry, and I don't want her to hurt Raven. I approach her, take her arm, and lead her out of the kitchen while asking Raven to remain there and that I would be right back. I yell at Sloane, urging her to get over herself and reminding her once more that I am not hers.

"But my heart is yours, handsome," she says, trying to sound all sweet.

"I can assure you. You have no heart!" I growl. "Now get out. You aren't welcomed here!" I run back to the kitchen to find Raven gone.

"Fuck!" I yell.