“I can’t speak for her, but if she kept her distance it was to keep you safe. Grizzly would’ve killed you and I’m sure she wanted to keep him off your trail for as long as possible.”
“Yeah, the man who killed my parents. I’m very aware of how dangerous he is, ” Austin seethes out. Part of me wants to be angry at him for giving me an attitude, but I can’t be. I don’t believe that one individual should ever put down another’s feelings, especially in situations like this. Never will I make someone feel like their feelings aren’t valid because they are. We’re human, after all, and we’re allowed to feel the plethora of emotions that come to us.
“I understand you’re angry, but I’m hoping that you and I can eventually have a relationship of some sort. I don’t expect it to happen overnight, but I’m hoping that it will happen.”
Austin shrugs. “I’d like for that to happen but I’ll need you to be patient with me. I have a lot of shit to go through in my head.”
“I’m not going to rush you. Kade and I are moving tomorrow, but maybe you and I can exchange numbers and just start by texting one another? We’ll come back for a visit in a few months . . . if you’re open to it maybe we can go get a burger in Billings.” I smile at the end, hoping it might encourage him to accept.
“Yeah, I think that might work, but only if it’s a barbeque bison burger.”
I can’t help but laugh at what he wants because he doesn’t realize just how similar we are.
Over the course of the next four hours, I get to know so much about the family that I’ve been missing out on all these years. Each and every one of them is absolutely amazing and I can’t wait for our relationships to flourish. Kade and I will be back before Valentine's day for a visit. All the siblings agreed to go out for bison burgers and have a fun-filled day. Lola and McKayla did make me agree to go to the mall with them, and I just can’t say no to that.
It’s no surprise that Kade and I have been through a lot these past few weeks, and while we might be leaving Montana— we’re headed into a new beginning. I can’t wait for our journey to finally start, and I’m excited to come back home to these new family bonds.
For the first time in my entire life, I feel like I belong.
The End
Author’s Note
I know how much this book took you on an emotional rollercoaster. It did the exact same thing to me. Believe me, y’all have no idea how many times I cried, screamed and cursed when putting Kade & Ivy’s story down on paper. I can already imagine how you’re already wondering when the next book in the series will come out.
As you all know, I have multiple series out right now. I’m taking a break from MC for a hot second, which totals up to about a month in my world, to write Protecting a Steele (Steele Bros #3). I’ve been away from the series for far too long and I’m ready to write Madigan’s story. It needs to be told, and quite soon at that. She’s been fighting with Ivy for attention in my mind for the last month and I’ve had to tell the woman to sit down and wait her turn. Knowing Madigan, she’s not too happy that she has to wait.
Tomorrow, July 24th, there will be a public announcement made that my story, Enraged, that was featured in the Patched Over Anthology is now going to release as a full length novel on September 22nd. I’m releasing this book months ahead of schedule, which means you’ll have to wait a bit longer for me to continue on with the Iron Vex MC, however the first book is releasing in September.
Y’all know how I hate jumping from series to series, so I’ll be finishing Protecting a Steele, Enraged and then diving into Hawk. I know you’re itching to know what’s going to happen with Raven, and all I can say is buckle up your seatbelts, babes. It’s going to be a wild ride.
Xoxo,
Liz
Next Release
Coming Soon
Protecting a Steele (Steele Bros #3)
Expected: Late August 2019
Blurb:
Reggie
Christian asked something of me that I’ve never done before — to lie to his brothers. In the grand scheme of things, he asked much more than that. The first was to deceive both Jordan and Logan, but the next was something I never expected.
He wanted me to protect his little sister.
Madigan is the hidden love child who’s been their father’s best kept secret all these years, even from his own sons. Except Christian had known about her existence for years and during the aftermath of keeping an explosive secret from his brothers, we’re all preparing for the terror that is headed our way.
Of course Madigan couldn’t have been just a normal woman. She brought a shit ton of baggage with her along the way.
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