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I thought about what Sam and Lilly had talked about in the kitchen.
About how the heart could expand to make room for more people. The love you felt for others didn’t diminish. No, the love was able to expand.
I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how I felt. I was confused and frightened and terrified I was going to do something wrong.
I wanted Ryder to kiss me.
I wanted Calax to kiss me.
Hell, I think I even wanted Fallon and the others to kiss me.
Briefly, I wondered if that was how my mom felt when she surrounded herself with adoring men. The last thing I wanted to do was turn out like her.
That thought immediately dissipated in a storm of fury. I wasn’t like her. She had never loved anyone, and I loved everyone. Maybe love wasn’t the correct word, yet, but I knew that I felt strongly for every one of the guys. I had told myself I had never wanted to fall in love. I did everything in my power to protect my heart; it had bled enough.
But now?
Now the traitorous bastard was eagerly snatching up boys like a kid in a candy store.
“Ohh. Look! I want that one! And that one! And why not try a little taste of this one over here?”
Ryder’s eyes suddenly glazed over, dark lashes feathering on his even darker cheekbones. Before I could respond, he slumped forward and fell to the ground. I tried to catch him, staggering under his muscular weight, but my arms were leaden.
I was barely aware that there was a figure before me. A figure in a black hoodie holding a metal pan.
The pan connected with the side of my head, and I, too, descended into darkness.
