31
Roan
“You’re a miserable bastard,” Nissa muttered under her breath and cast out into the river.
I ignored her, same as I’d done since returning home a few weeks earlier. Didn’t have much to say. Didn’t know how to deal with the constant ache in my chest.
Ciarra, Ma, and Pa knew better than to try to dig into my head, but Nissa…
“And you’re a pain in my a*s,” I tossed back, reeling in my lure.
“Maybe you love her because she’s the only girl you’ve ever met. You’re big, strong, and handsome—a perfect book boyfriend,” she continued on talking at me like she knew better. “Go to town again. You could have your choice of women.”
“I’m the only man outside Pa, Brock, and Junior you’ve ever met,” I tossed back.
“I’ve met dozens between the pages of good books. Too many to choose from, ac
