The stupid dog was barking like crazy, I could hear it from damn near halfway down the street. The closer I got the more worried I became, Skye would never let her dog bark like that and the dog wouldn't be barking like that if...fuck me.
I started running with my heart in my throat; please don't be hurt baby, please please please. That's all I kept saying to myself with every pound of my feet against the pavement.
My hand actually shook when I turned the key in the door. There was someone in our house that I'd never seen before. I looked past the strange woman to Skye who was sitting on the couch looking white as a sheet. She looked unharmed as far as I could see but I had to be sure so I walked over to her still ignoring the stranger.
"Baby you okay?"
I knelt at her feet and took her hand in mine, ice cold; I didn't know who she was but I knew this chick was bad news.
"Who the fuck are you?" I looked over my shoulder at her. I didn't mind greeting her like that, she was way too young to be Angelique Abbott so whoever the fuck she was wasn't due any respect from me, especially not if she was here fucking with my wife.
Her face did that thing females do when they scent new prey, what the fuck?
She stretched out her hand to me and that's when my little tigress came out of whatever fog she'd been in and knocked the offered hand away. Not that I was going to take it, but it was good my girl claimed her shit.
"I don't think so Lainey, now if you've said all you came to say you may leave."
"Aren't we all brave now that the hunk is here?" She was still looking at me with that gleam in her eye it was almost laughable.
Oh, it's the home wrecking tart. “Hey babe is this your scuzzy cousin? Hey nice to finally meet you, I wanted to thank you for fucking that mutt and getting him out of my wife's life; good job."
I'm a bastard so sue me.
"Your...wife...but?" She looked from me to Skye with a weird, ' I don't believe it' look on her face.
"Babydoll you didn't show her your rock?" I pulled her hand up and showed it to the now gaping woman. I don't know how she'd missed it you could see the shit from space, which means my girl had been hiding it; but why?
She answered my unasked question with her next breath.
"I didn't want to start any drama Talon; the others don't know yet remember?"
Shit I'd forgotten about that.
"You married her?" She almost fucking yelled the house down, was she crazy?
"This is why I hate you, everything has always come easy for you, precious little Skye with your ugly ass hair and mousy ways, I hate you."
"Babe seriously, none of your relatives could get this poor creature some much needed help?"
They both looked at me like what the fuck are you on so I told them.
Turning my finger round and round next to my temple I pointed the finger of the other hand in Lainey's direction.
Skye rolled her eyes and stifled a grin; good she was coming back to herself. I'm gonna have to talk to her about backing down from half wits. I know she's all about peace and shit but sometimes that shit's for the birds.
"Come here Sasha." I gave the mutt a good rub down, he'd been standing between the two women keeping the intruder away from his momma; he was worth every penny as far as I'm concerned.
"Good boy, sorry about the name thing dude that's your mom's deal."
"You're talking to the dog and you call me crazy? Skylar I will be apprising the others of this new development, I'm sure the Starks will be very interested in...."
"Get the fuck out of my house." That's it, I'd had enough of this shit. What, did somebody open the doors to twits 'R us or some shit? I'm surrounded.
She huffed and glowered at the dog who started a low growling.
"See, not even the dog wants you and we know how much you're into dogs. Then again this one is top of the line he's got better taste than your usual fare."
She flounced out the door after a few choice words that nobody gave a fuck about leaving me to see to my wife.
"Babe why did you let that ass in the house?"
"I don't know she surprised me I guess."
"Come 'ere." I pulled her up from her chair and into my arms squeezing her.
"You really okay baby she didn't hurt you?"
"No I'm fine, it was just hard seeing her here you know? Somehow in the last few months since meeting and falling in love with you I'd been able to put all that behind me. Now it seems like everyone's bent on destroying us or something." She sniffed into my shirtfront.
"Hey look at me...that's never gonna happen, ever; we're it babe or did you forget the Avery legacy? One woman for life babe and you're wearing the ring to prove it."
"I believe; it's just that sometimes it gets hard to hold onto that."
"That's the whole point of believing babe, either you do or you don't. If you do you hold on with everything you've got and let the rest fall into place."
"You're right, I'll try to do better in the future."
“What did she want anyway?”
“I’m not sure, she claims that everyone back home is treating her like a pariah and somehow in her head it’s all my fault.”
“See I told you she was crazy, you don’t believe her do you?” She shook her head and held onto me.
"Good girl did you take your meds, we're down to the last now right?"
"Yes Dr. Avery I took them and yes this is the last week and before you ask I feel fine."
"Touchy much babe? You need me to get you out of that funk you're in there?" I started inching up her shirt and tickling her tummy, she snort giggled and took off running.
I was right on her heels as she squealed and headed for the bedroom. Crisis averted but I’m getting really tired of people getting in her face. When I finally do have a talk with her father I’d better let him know to keep his fucking niece away from my wife unless they wanted her to come up missing.