36 parts Ongoing Mature"You're someone worth protecting, Sammy," he asserted, the roughness of his voice prominent. My stomach did so many flips that I couldn't tell if I was standing rightside up anymore. I opened my mouth to reply, then closed it. What could I possibly say to that? How could I possibly reply to something like that?
His finger on my chin was shooting sparks through me, lighting my veins on fire with an emotion I wasn't sure I recognized. I felt like I could stand here forever. Nevermind the fact that I was nearly shivering from the cold or that every second I stood here was only delaying an inevitable promise of retribution. Nevermind the fact that I had only just met him. Because right now I felt like something inside me was drawn to him, demanding that I remain beside him.
"You have no idea," he rasped, his voice comforting and unnerving all at once.
He was right, I did have no idea. I didn't know what he meant. All I knew was that I was standing on this porch by Greyson and he was looking at me as if he could see into my soul.
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Sammy had wanted to leave behind her small town in Kentucky for a place where nobody would know her or her tragic past. But moving to Montana a few years ago has offered her nothing near the calm life with a clean plate that she had desired.
Instead, a new group of friends whom she loves as if they were family. But also, Tyson Crawford. The boy she fell for sophomore year of college...now the dangerous man she can't get away from. As the dark secrets of her life become harder and harder to hide from her friends, dark secrets of their own begin to emerge.
And now that Greyson Shawnel is coming back to town - a man she's only ever heard of in her friends' stories - Sammy's entire world is catching on fire. Because Greyson can see through the cracks of her lies, and he doesn't intend to let it go on any longer. Even if there's a larger danger looming on the horizon, one that threatens them all...
