Breakaway (17 page)

“Yep.” I cross my arms.

“Deal.” He grabs my arms and I crash into his lips. I missed his lips and his touch. I slide my tongue into his mouth. He is amazing.

I’m breathless when we pull out of our kiss. I look at him and I see he is looking slightly pale and I figure he hasn’t left the room since Victor has been there.

“Hey, have you eaten?” I ask him. He shakes his head. “Come on.” I hold his hand and try to guide him to the door, but he doesn’t move.

“No, I’m not leaving him.”

“He is asleep and you can’t stay in this room forever.” He looks almost scared to walk away from his dad, but he needs to leave the room. He finally nods and we head out. Levi does stop at the nurses’ station and tells them he will be back shortly.

In the cafeteria, we grab a couple of sandwiches and drinks. Levi sits right next to me and hasn’t stopped touching me since I got there. We eat in silence, until Levi finally speaks.

“I really missed you, Smarty. I’m so sorry about everything.” He leans into me and looks at me. “I was selfish and when I fell in love with you,” he pauses and caresses my hand, “I didn’t know how to tell you and I didn’t want you to find out.”

“Levi, I’ve never been so hurt in my life.” Tears are filling my eyes. “I wanted to kill you.”

Levi scoffs. “You did hit me pretty hard.”

“Yeah, I know, my hand stung for a week after.” I give him a half smile. “But, I never want to feel that way again.”

Levi kisses me. “I promise.”

To Be Continued...

We would like to thank our wonderful beta readers, Kelly and Michael. We greatly appreciate your time and input to make our story better.

We would like to thank our awesome cover designer, Damonza, for giving us a cover that we really love.

We would like to thank Kathy from K² Editing for working with us.

We would like to thank our formatter, Candace Selph as well.

We would like to thank all the readers and bloggers for everything you do.

We would like to thank Shinedown and their music for being such an inspiration.

We would like to thank the NHL for hot hockey players for us to admire (and for Mary to drool over) while we watch the games.

Lindsay Paige is a romance author from North Carolina who has published five books on her own. She is a huge hockey fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and loves to play tennis. When not writing, Paige is focused on completing college.

Mary Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, but currently lives in West Virginia. She is an avid reader, co-founder of Book Nerds Across America, and author of Melting Away the Ic
e
(to be released September 2013
)
. She goes nowhere without her cell phone or Kindle. Mary loves anything to do with Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Sharp, and hockey related!!

Lindsay and Mary created The Penalty Kill Trilogy through their love of writing and hockey. Through their late night writing sessions, text messages, and emails, they have created a trilogy following two characters dealing with college, family, friends, and the one sport that connects them all. Even though Lindsay and Mary are fans of different NHL teams, they are still close friends...except when their teams play each other.

For more information about the authors and the trilogy visit
:
http://thepenaltykilltrilogy.blogspot.com/

Coming Soon

Lindsay and Mary are currently working on the second book in the trilogy. They are hoping to release it in late 2013. Find them on Facebook by searching The Penalty Kill Trilogy or follow them @PKtrilogy as well as Levi (@Levi_Carr_10) and Presley (@PresleyMcCarthy) on Twitter. Lindsay and Mary also created a board on Pinterest for the trilogy.

These songs mean so much to us in regards to this story and we wanted to share them with you. We listened to them while writing because they were such an inspiration to us.

Tangled Up in Yo
u
by Staind

Simple Ma
n
by Shinedown

If You Only Kne
w
by Shinedown

Second Chanc
e
by Shinedown

The Cro
w
& The Butterfly by Shinedown

Call M
e
by Shinedown

Enemie
s
by Shinedown

For My Sak
e
by Shinedown

I’ll Follow Yo
u
by Shinedown

Wante
d
by Hunter Hayes

Savin’ M
e
by Nickelback

Tryin’ Not To Love Yo
u
by Nickelback

Here Without Yo
u
by 3 Doors Down

Let Me By Mysel
f
by 3 Doors Down

Hanging By A Momen
t
by Lifehouse

You and M
e
by Lifehouse

Anything Goe
s
by Randy Houser

Man I Want To B
e
by Chris Young

Getting You Hom
e
by Chris Young

Life After Yo
u
by Daughtry

It’s Not Ove
r
by Daughtry

No Surpris
e
by Daughtry

Just the Way You Ar
e
by Bruno Mars

I Won’t Give U
p
by Jason Mraz

Ain’t No Sunshin
e
by Bill Withers

Collid
e
by Howie Day

Hate M
e
by Blue October

Holes in the Floor of Heave
n
by Steve Wariner

I Can Love You Like Tha
t
by John Michael Montgomery

I Can’t Unlove Yo
u
by Kenny Rogers

I Wanna Make You Close Your Eye
s
by Dierks Bentley

If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Awa
y
by Justin Moore

More than a Memor
y
by Garth Brooks

Not Over Yo
u
by Gavin DeGraw

Sorr
y
by Buckcherry

Your Ma
n
by Josh Turner

I’ll Be Ther
e
by Jackson 5