To Capture a Heart

His voice, low and gruff broke my thoughts of obsession, "Use me." It was like a bucket of cold water was thrown on my chest. I turned to him with a scoff full of disbelief. I wanted laugh and throw my hands in the air to show him that I understood what he said was a joke. But the darkness in his eyes and the heaviness of his brow told me different. He was serious. He tilted his head, his eyes flickering to my lips for a moment before returning to my eyes. "Use you?" He shrugged, his eyes landing on my lips again, "I can keep him from bothering you." "Like a bodyguard?" My stomach was twisting inside me, a ball of nerves making me feel light. His shoulders shook as he chuckled, lifting his eyes to mine, "You know that's not what I mean." ****************************************** Kian has been in love with Inesa since he first saw her, but she only had eyes for someone else. After a difficult year facing death, deception, and hate, he returned to school only to be trapped in her gaze again. Inesa had no idea of Kian’s existence, happily dating Micah. It wasn’t until after he shattered her heart into a thousand pieces that she noticed the forest green eyes that watched her from afar. Will Kian let himself capture her heart, or will his past keep him from her? Will Inesa let him capture her heart, or will she hide from him, too afraid of her own feelings?