Sun Kissed (The Guardian Angel Series Book 2) by Skyla Madi Read Free Book Online Page A

rocks.
    “You left this,” he said, handing my clutch
to me.
    “Thanks.”
    I really was thankful he brought it back;
Mila would have killed me if I lost it. As I was getting dressed for dinner,
Mila went on and on about how hard it was for her to find it, blah, blah, blah.
    I felt sick just talking to him. I snatched
my bag from his hands and started to walk past him.
    “Ruby, I know how you’re feeling —”
    “You know how I’m feeling? Ha!” I
interrupted, turning to face him; the car Eli had got to take us back to the
school pulled up behind me. “For months, I felt depressed and alone. The one
person who didn’t judge me when I was a vampire, who saved my life countless
times, who knew everything about me —” I paused to take a breath.
    I didn’t want to cry. I dropped my eyes
down to the gravel beneath my feet and scuffed my heels against the small
rocks. “My guardian angel was gone, and you may or may not be the reason why. It
destroyed me, and I couldn’t say anything to anyone in fear of malicious
rumours, or worse, Eli’s death. You know nothing of how I’m feeling; you’re
selfish, you’re a liar, and you’re cruel. I want nothing to do with you.” My
voice was shaky and tears threatened my eyes.
    “Just hear me out, please?” he begged.
    “You have ten seconds and then I’m getting
in the car.”
    “Raina was in my ear about you and Eli and
I got jealous. I shouldn’t have. I’m sorry. I was blinded by my selfishness,
but I didn’t send that report. You have to believe me.”
    Hunter’s expression was desperate and
pained. I wanted to believe him. Hunter was the only light I had when I was
surrounded by the darkness of Eli’s disappearance, even if it had only been for
a few weeks. My heart wanted to believe him but my brain wanted to castigate
him, the evidence was too damning. Tears spilt over the brim of my eyes and
rolled gently down my face.
    “I’m sorry, I don’t.” I climbed into the
back seat of the car. Eli shot me a sympathetic glance through the rear-view as
I wiped tears from my eyes. Hunter got into the front seat and didn’t spare a
glance in my direction, thankfully.
     
    After getting clearance from the guardian
angel at the gate, the car rolled into the car park. Before it came to a
complete stop, Hunter was already out of the car and heading towards the
student campus. The tears I’d shed at the garage were now dried up, leaving
only trails of slightly smeared mascara.
    “Was it really that bad for you?” His eyes
watched me through the rear view mirror.
    “Hmm?”
    “When I left… was it really that bad?”
    I opened the car door and paused, thinking
about my life three months ago, a month ago, last week. Not having Eli around
was horrible. I had no one to vent to, no one to make me smile a genuine smile,
or give me butterflies.
    “Bad? No … it was horrible. Not knowing if
you were alive or dead was the worst part.”
    Eli climbed out of the driver’s seat and
came around to my door, his face filled with sorrow and regret.
    “I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to put you
through that.”
    “It wasn’t your fault. As far as I know, it
was Hunter’s or Raina’s fault, and they’ll pay for it.”
    “Ruby, I’m back, I’m here with you.” The
back of his hand softly stroked my cheek. “Getting back at them will accomplish
nothing. There’s no need for revenge.”
    “Would you do it for me? If someone hurt
me, would you want revenge?”
    “No, because I wouldn’t give them a chance
to hurt you.”
    “But if they did?”
    “If they did?” He paused in thought. “I
wouldn’t stop until I had hurt them ten times the amount they had hurt you.”
    Eli extended his hand to me and I took it,
sliding out of the car. He didn’t step back and it forced our bodies to press
together. I gasped involuntarily; it felt like I had touched an exposed wire as
tingles shot through my body. I glanced up at his face, his gaze was intense.
All the forbidden,