The Suffocation of Katie

by Glenna Maynard

  “God Kai that’s horrible.”

  “My parents told me to claim Khloe as mine. They had me lie and say that I was the father. My mom works with abused children Katie, how would that look for her to have a son known as a child rapist? Raven was just fourteen at the time. Raven’s family just wanted the baby to go away. They never questioned any of it. My father was a judge at the time when Khloe was born. He was so intent on keeping his perfect image. Raven went on homebound and when Khloe was born, I signed the birth certificate and then we both signed our rights over to my mother. Raven held my brother and our lie over my head all through high school.”

  “Where is Khloe now?”

  “She’s with Raven and Kirk. They actually got married. It’s ridiculous but somehow they are making it work.”

  He goes on to tell me that Khloe was really confused at first but she now knows that Kirk is really her dad and that Raven is her mom. His family was afraid that Kirk would get back on drugs so they kept the truth about Khloe being his from him all that time. Raven really wasn’t trying to hurt Kai and me she just wanted the truth out there. She wanted her daughter but she didn’t go about things in the best way. I want to hate her, but I can’t judge her knowing everything I know. She was just a screwed up girl.

  “I should have fought for you Katie. I should have told you the truth. I thought I was doing the right thing.” He brushes his strong thumb over my lips.

  “I should have stayed and listened Kai.” I was too upset at the time but maybe our year apart did us both some good too.

  “Oh, I’m sorry about your car,” he says out of nowhere.

  What the fuck did he do to my car? “My car?” I ask him curious why he is sorry. After I left Kai, I gave the car back; I could not bring myself to keep it. I had Becks return it to Kai’s parents.

  “I sort of set it on fire,” he mumbles into my neck kissing my fevered skin.

  “You did WHAT?!” I scream smacking his chest. I am going to kill him, and then I am going to kiss him, before I kill him again!

  “I was really angry with you Katie. You probably shouldn’t listen to some of the songs I wrote about you.”

  “Oh really, now I have to listen. Today was the first day in a really long time I have listened to music. I couldn’t bring myself to listen to anything. I was afraid I would hear your voice.”

  He clutches his heart in a dramatic fashion as if he is wounded.

  I start to get up from the bed. He grabs onto me holding me tight against his bare chest. “Where are you going Kat?” he seems panicked as though he is afraid I will leave him. He doesn’t need to worry. I will never leave him again.

  “I am just going to get my phone so I can listen to your album.”

  “That can wait Kat. I have been one year without feeling your skin pressed against mine.” His hard length presses into my side, and he groans as I die a little, remembering how good he can make me feel.

  “Why…are you afraid I won’t want to sleep with you once I have heard what you have written about me?” I tease.

  “No, I am afraid I am going to die before I get to sink my cock deep inside you. Killing me Kat.”

  “Then. Take. What. You. Want. Kai.”

  His mouth is on my neck as he tugs on my jeans. We can’t get each other undressed quick enough. I almost bust his nose when I go to yank my shirt off. We are tangled in up in our clothes and the sheets as he slams into me.

  “Fuck. Kat. You. Are. So. Beautiful.” His mouth latches onto my pebbled peak.

  “I can’t believe I’m back in your arms…” His lips are on me…his hands touching me, claiming what has always been his.

  Our souls connect and I die a little on the inside as he finds his way home—his way back to me. You would think our bodies have always been tethered. He knows just how to make my toes curl. His tongue caresses my smooth skin as his hands roam my torso. My hands thread through his hair and slide down the curves of his muscular back digging my nails into his skin, as he drives me wild.

  He is breathing hard into my hair as I suck on his ear. My legs are wrapped around his waist burrowing the balls of my feet into top of his ass. He rolls us over and we tumble onto the floor as the bus makes a sharp turn. Kai doesn’t miss a thrust though. He continues to make love to me.

  “I love you so fucking much Kat. You better not ever fucking leave me again,” he growls biting my bottom lip.

  “Wild horses, Kai,” I say biting him back, as he fuels my desire with his words.

  I am now on top of him taking control. Our hips roll in sync as I grind down on his firm cock. My hands are gripping his shoulders for support as my knees rub against the hard floor. My elbow keeps hitting the small dresser but I don’t care. Being with Kai is worth the pain. He finds his release as I collapse on top of his chest in a sweaty heap.

  His hands stroke circles across my back as we fall asleep, awkwardly, still connected in the cramped space between the dresser and the bed, on his tour bus.

  Chapter 30

  After their show in Texas, Cooper’s Religion are back in LA. Kai has some things to go over with his recording label before he can take his much needed break. The only time we are apart is when he has to go to meetings. They want him to hold off announcing our relationship but Kai says he doesn’t care. The world already knows I own his heart after his first album anyways. A highly popular magazine wants to do a shoot with us on the cover and do an interview with the band about the next album.

  Vance jokes, “Katie going to need you to break up with Kai again before we start writing this next album. Most of our chart toppers were about you, so yeah, going to need you to give our guy here motivation.” Kai punches him hard in the gut. He lets out an, “oomph.”

  “Not happening!” I snap at him and smack the back of his baldhead.

  Kai kicks the band from the set when we get ready to shoot our photographs for the spread, because I am topless. They want a close-up of Kai and I with our bare chests smashed together.

  As he is going out the door Vance shouts, “Should only be fair that we see her tits we’ve done heard her get off.” That earns him a smack from Hunter.

  Kai looks pissed but I roll my eyes, it is just in Vance’s nature to be a dickhead.

  Taking the pictures with Kai is so fun. The set is completely white and we are wearing dark denim jeans. My makeup is bare other than my eyes, they are done up in a smoky fashion.

  Most of the shots have us staring into each other’s eyes. They snap a few of us being playful too though. I told Kai I want a copy of the one of me laying across his chest. The photographer assures me we will get copies of all the pictures.

  The band is brought back in for a few more shots. Kai is not happy that I am topless for this as well but the guys aren’t even getting to see a hint of my chest. I am standing with my breasts pressed into Kai’s back.

  After I get my shirt back on Kai and I join the columnist for dinner to do a brief interview. He already interviewed Cooper’s Religion as a whole.

  “Kai, Katie thank you for agreeing to sit down with me. Your fans want to know what the lie that sparked your break up was. Are you willing to go on the record with it?”

  Kai decides to answer this one. His publicist already prepared a statement. “Katie and I chose to separate. We had just gotten out of high school and we had our own personal issues to sort through, it was just hard for us to not work them out together.”

  “You have a large female fan base. Do your fans need to worry about wedding bells in the near future?” He directs the question to me.

  “Kai isn’t putting a ring on my finger anytime soon so they can rest easy for now. But the other members of Cooper’s Religion are incredibly good looking and single.” I wink.

  “In one of your songs you call Katie your biggest regret. What do you mean by that line?” He looks to Kai.

  “I wasted a lot of time being too intimidated to approach her. I regretted the time I wasted.”

 
; The writer has a few more questions for Kai. I excuse myself to take an emergency call from Penny.

  When I answer her call Penny is a sobbing mess. Bradly her fiancé passed away two days ago in Iran. The Humvee he was a passenger in hit a roadside bomb killing him instantly. His side of the vehicle suffered most of the extent of the blast.

  My stomach drops. I feel so helpless. I cannot fix this for her. My best friend is devastated and alone. I offer to come to her, but she says she is going home to her parent’s place for a few days. She wants to know what she should do with Percy. I hate to bother him but I text Stewart. I feel so bad for just blowing him off after he was so sweet to me.

  Me: Stewart I hate to bother you but I am out of town and Penny has something personal going on and has to leave Percy unattended is there any way you could take Percy to the clinic until she is able to pick him up. I will pay for anything you need for his care.

  Stewart: I can take Percy to my house it isn’t a problem. I hope you are happy Katie. I wish you the best. Just let me know when you can about future arrangements for Percy.

  Poor Stewart I hope he finds him someone to make him care for them the way that I feel for Kai.

  2 months later

  Kai and I are back in Kentucky this weekend visiting with his family before he starts recording his second album. Seeing Raven at first was awkward, but she did apologize in her own roundabout way. When Khloe first laid eyes on me, she started squealing and clapping. I can’t believe how much she has grown. She is more than happy to take Percy off my hands. Stewart and Kai had an awkward meeting when we picked my cat up from him. I thought Stewart was going to shit his pants when Kai shook his hand. He is a HUGE fan.

  Kent and Kelli are happy to see Kai and I back together. They aren’t happy about us living together without at least being engaged but we are young and happy. There is no need to put a rush on anything. Kai and I are happy just to be together. Kai told them to stop pressuring us…it will happen when it happens.

  I am so excited that I am going along with him on his European tour after this next album gets recorded and released. Penny is going with us; she is still depressed over Bradly but I am hoping this trip will help. Vance and Hunter are both eager to help her heal her broken heart. Kai is worried that she is going to cause a divide in the band by coming between those two, but who’s to say what the future will hold.

  “I can’t believe you are going to be singing on tour with Kai and you are going to be singing a duet on this new album,” Raven says smacking me in the chest with her copy of ‘The Hit List.’

  I look down, see Kai’s photograph, and mine on the cover. “I had no idea this was out!” I shriek flipping it open to the feature on Cooper’s Religion.

  Band

  Cooper’s Religion

  Album

  The Suffocation of Katie

  If you haven’t heard of the band Cooper’s Religion chances are you might be dead. Their debut album- the Suffocation of Katie, has been topping the charts for nearly a year now since it’s release. With a grunge sound reminiscent of the mid 90’s, Cooper’s Religion brings all the raw edginess rock lovers have been missing. Front man Kai Cooper makes you feel his pain singing haunting lines such as…”I’ll be your pain and you’ll be my biggest regret…” Most of the album centers on front man Kai Cooper’s relationship with longtime girlfriend Katie. I recently sat down with the band and the infamous Katie, for an interview. I can assure you she has not been suffocated and is breathing just fine.

  Kai comes over resting his chin on my shoulder and reads the article along with me. “Fuck, Katie you look so hot in these pictures.” His facial hair scrapes against my jaw, making me tingle below.

  “Yeah, I don’t know who these losers are that photobombed my debut.” I smirk, browsing the pictures with the band in them.

  He sucks on my neck seductively. “Killing me Kat.”

  “Want you so bad Kai.” I pull his face to mine and kiss him roughly.

  “Meet me in my old room in ten minutes,” he growls and pinches my ass.

  “Wild horses couldn’t keep me away.”

  Ten minutes later, I am under Kai, and he is playing my body, as if it is his guitar.

  “Fuck. You. Are. So Beautiful. Kat.”

  “Other half of my soul,” I moan as he slams into me.

  Playlist

  I am the Light- The White Buffalo

  Take me to Church - Hozier

  I’m on Fire – Awolnation

  Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

  Wicked Game – Gemma Hayes

  Talking in your Sleep – The Civil Wars

  Do I wanna know? Artic Monkeys

  Skinny Love – Bon Iver

  Wild Horses – The Sundays

  All I Want – Kodaline

  I think I’m Paranoid – Garbage

  Mudshovel - Staind

  Future Starts Slow – The Kills

  Let her Go – Passenger

  Fix You – Coldplay

  The full Playlist can be found on Spotify under

  The Suffocation of Katie

  About the Author

  Glenna Maynard is the author of the bestselling romantic suspense novel I’m with You and the bestselling erotica Grim The beginning. A mother by day and writer by night, when Glenna isn't writing or spending time with family you can usually find her curled up reading a great book. She has a passion for romance and paranormal reads.

  Glenna was born and raised in the beautiful hills of Eastern KY, where she still resides today. Her hobbies include reading, writing, scrap booking, and cooking.

  Visit www.facebook.com/AuthorGlennaMaynard for more information. You can also find Glenna on several social media sites including Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Blogger, Google+ and Goodreads.

  Other titles from this author:

  The Masquerade Series

  Beautiful Strangers

  Beautiful Liar

  Beautiful Lover

  The Shattered Heart Series

  Blackened Heart

  Wicked Heart

  Best Selling Romantic Suspense

  I’m with You

  The Black Rebel Riders’ MC Series

  Grim The beginning

  Rumor

  Baby

  Striker

  Romeo