*Violet's POV*
When Kane leaves, I quickly gather my things and head to the showers. When I get there, I shower in record time and up finishing at the same time as Stella so we walk back to the room together. When we get there, she turns around and says, “So? Was it good?!”
“Good doesn’t even begin to describe it,” I tell her and she squeals.
“Yes! I knew it! With that whole dangerous, moody, might kill you for looking at him sideways vibe he has going on, I knew he had to be good in bed.”
I laugh and say, “What does that have anything to do with sex?”
“Trust me, the level-headed mentally stable guys are always boring in bed. It’s just a fact of life. Guys who are hot, mentally stable, and awesome in bed do not exist. You can only have two out of the three.”
I think about this and realize that so far her theory checks out. Jace is hot and mentally stable but definitely n
*Kane's POV*When we get to the gym, I see that it’s relatively busy once again. It usually is around this time of day. We leave our bags in the car since the plan is just to shower back at the house after and order takeout.Heading inside, I wave to Striker and Blade and then we head off to the same spot as Tuesday and start with a warm up. We then go over all of the basic motions I taught her last time before I move on to some combos.We practice for a while before Striker comes over, looks at Violet and says, “Hey, good to see you again. Looks like you’re picking this up pretty fast. You’re a natural.”She smiles widely at him and I have the sudden urge to punch him in the face.“Thank you,” she replies, “I have a good teacher,” and then flashes me a grin that manages to dissolve all of my anger instantly.“That you do,” he says and then looks at me
*Violet's POV*I get halfway down the hall and realize I left my towel in the room so I go back to get it, and when I open the door and see he’s facing away from me, I catch a glimpse of his back for the first time. There’s no mistaking what I saw. Even from this distance, with the tattoos covering them, the pattern is easily recognizable. The diagonal lash marks run down from both of his shoulders.“Are – are those what I think they are?” I ask quietly as I meet his gaze. His eyes are guarded and I see pain flash through them and I instantly regret asking when he nods his head once. I feel my throat constrict and I swallow hard to stop myself from crying as I imagine someone doing that to him.“Who?” I ask. He doesn’t answer. The wordsyou don’t know my fatherrun through my mind. I feel sick. “Harper?” I see the flash in his eyes when I say his name. He doesn’t nee
*Kane's POV*As we lay in bed, Violet cuddled into my side, bare skin against mine, I feel completely content. I don’t think anything will ever feel as good as her body wrapped around mine.I was so worried about her seeing the scars on my back. Worried that she would tell someone, worried that it would scare her away, that it would upset her and make her want to run as far away from me as possible. But she didn’t. Instead, she ran her finger and her lips over them and replaced the hideous feeling with something…else; something that I’m not even sure how to describe.It’s incredible to think how just 3 weeks ago, she thought I hated her. In such a short period of time, she’s managed to forgive every bad thing I ever said or did to her. I don’t know how I can possibly deserve this; deserve her, but I’m so grateful for it.At this point I can’t even fathom ever hating her. How did I convince myself I di
*Violet's POV*The second I drive away from him, I have the urge to just stop the car and not leave. I realize that makes me a literal crazy person, but I can’t help it. I have never craved closeness to another person this much in my life and it’s driving me insane. Jace and I spent a year seeing each other only once a month and I was fine with it. Thinking back on it, that was probably the first sign that we weren’t really meant to be together.But does me feeling this way mean I’m meant to be with Kane? Every fibre of my being is screaming yes but there’s just so much stacked against us. Fate must have a really sick sense of humour.Pulling up in the driveway for the first time in three weeks causes a feeling of comfort to wash over me. I text both Stella and Kane to let them know I made it here and then grab my bag and head inside. When I open the doors, it feels so different even though everything looks exactly the same.&n
*Violet's POV*I finally make it to Rebecca’s and knock on the front door. She answers it and a smile crosses her face when she answers it and she hugs me.“Vi!”“Hey Becca!” I say and hug her back.She leads me towards the kitchen and says, “I just made coffee. Do you want some?”“Um, yes. What kind of question is that?” She grins and then pours us each a mug with some milk in it. We bring our mugs to the living room and sit cross legged in our normal spots on the sectional.“So, how are your classes going?” I ask her and then take a sip of my coffee.“They’re fine. Nothing too difficult yet. I have an entire class dedicated to tragedies and, not surprisingly, a lot of them are by Shakespeare. That guy had some serious issues. How about you?”“Classes are fine, I guess.”“Just fine?”“I br
*Kane's POV*As Stella drives us to the restaurant, I think about her comment. Violet’s shadow? It’s not that bad is it? The more I think about it, the more I realize how much I’ve been lurking around her this past week. I wonder if it bothers her. No, I don’t think so. She would have said something, right? Besides, she was clearly happy to see me just now.I’m definitely overthinking this. This girl is making me even crazier than I already was. If that’s even possible.We pull up to a Greek takeout place and go up to the counter to order. We take a booth and Stella sits across from Violet and me.“So, tell us about your weekend,” Stella says, while attempting to stab a tomato that insists on rolling away.“It was nice. I spent a lot of time with my Dad and I saw Rebecca Saturday. I did bump into Jace’s mom though, which was super awkward.”“Oh no, was she pissed?&
*Violet's POV*When we go up to the room to change, Stella says, “Alright, let’s see what bathing suit options you have.”“Options? I only have one,” I tell her and pull out my black one piece bathing suit that I’ve never even worn. Well that’s not entirely true. I put it on once under my clothes when I went to the beach with Jace, but I couldn’t work myself up to taking my clothes off.“Um, no. That’s not happening. Where did you even get that? Nevermind, you can borrow one of mine for today, but we’re adding bathing suits to our shopping list for next time,” she says as she starts pulling out a variety of different coloured items from her drawers.“Here, try this one. It’s your favourite colour” she jokes, throwing a ball of black strings in my direction. I unravel it and see that it’s plain black bottoms, which I put on and then two triangles and so many str
*Kane's POV*With Violet cuddled into my side, I sleep better than I have all weekend. When the alarm goes off I feel legitimately rested. I wish it could always be this way but I’m not that naïve.Violet groans and then drags herself out of the bed, giving me a very wonderful view of her bare hips swaying as she walks over to her bag to collect her clothes for the day.“Come back to bed darling,” I say, stretching my hand out to her.“I can’t. I’ve already missed this morning class twice and it’s only week 4. I really wish I could though. I think I might actually still be a little drunk,” she admits.“All the more reason to come back to bed.”“Kaaane,” she whines, “You’re not helping. I need to be a good student.”“I know, I know. Go on, be a good girl and go to class.”Her head snaps to me and her eyes meet mine as