Stick By Me (DESERT ICE HOCKEY #1) by Christie Gordon EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Christie Gordon
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LEO
I stood at the stove and pushed eggs around a frying pan with a spatula.
When the hell would Axel and Remy wake up? I’d thought I heard them
stirring already, but the Knot Me show at the casino had gone pretty late last
night. I flicked my gaze to the clock on the black stove top. It was almost
eleven. I’d have to get going to my shift at the Humane Society soon, too.
As I added bacon to another frying pan, movement caught the corner of my
eye, and I turned my head.
My four-years younger brother, Axel, ambled out of the hallway from
the bedrooms, his black hair sticking up at odd angles, a pair of grey pajama
bottoms covering his lower half, hiding the remnants of the damned
gunshot wound he’d gotten a few years ago. That day had been one of the
worst of my life. His crazy tattoos littered his arms and chest.
“Nice to see you, sunshine.” With a smirk at him, I pushed the frying
pan of cooked eggs off the burner to stay warm while the bacon cooked,
then set a used plate into the sink.
“Yeah, long night.” Axel slid out a chair at our dinette and plopped into
it, then rubbed his eyes. “Fuck, I’m not awake yet.” He dropped his
forehead into his hand and rubbed.
My gaze wound out the window over the sink and into our yard of
landscaping rocks and desert plants, the lantana around the edges of the
masonry wall and the large mesquite tree centering the yard, giving some
shade from the intense sunshine. “It’s supposed to be a nice day today, not
too hot.” November in Phoenix was when the heat of the summer finally
gave up. A perfect day to spend outside with the dogs at the rescue, if that’s
what they needed today. My gaze caught on my reflection in the window,
my brown eyes staring back at me, not blue like Axel’s. My dark, wavy
bangs were falling to my cheekbones now. Everyone was growing out their
hair, including me.
“You’re doing your volunteer work at the Humane Society today,
right?” Axel stood up, then trudged into the kitchen, and poured himself a
coffee from the carafe I’d made earlier.
“I am. Since I get volunteer days off at work, I made a deal with my
boss to get tomorrow off for the time I’m putting in today.” I turned the
crackling bacon over in the pan with a fork.
Axel set his ass against the kitchen counter, the edge of his mouth
lifting. “That’s such a cool gig. Getting paid the big bucks to volunteer.” He
sipped his coffee.
“Oh my God, that bacon smells so good.” Remy, his curly brown bangs
framing his light gray eyes, strolled out from the hallway, his t-shirt pulling
tight across his strong shoulders and a pair of black sweats hugging his
hips.
“It will be.” I pulled a package of bread out of our refrigerator. “Want to
make the toast?” I knew better than to ask my brother. He’d only burn it.
Remy, my best friend since we were babies, I could trust with it.
“Sure.” As Remy walked into the kitchen, he wound an arm around
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