Fearless (Broken Love, #5)(84)

“Come again?” He seemed to get a clue and unhooked the slings that held his boys, handing Tristan to me and Tobias to Dash. Without another word, he stomped off in Ken’s direction.

“You know she’ll be mad at you, right?”

I shrugged and smiled down at Tristan, who grinned right back.

“She shouldn’t be dating.”

“Geez, what is she thinking?”

I snorted. “She’s a fourteen-year-old girl. What do you think?”

“What’s going on?” Lake asked, walking up with Willow.

“Yeah, why is Keenan screaming at Ken about an all girl’s school?” Willow demanded.

They each narrowed their eyes at us. I swear it was as if they could smell guilt.

“Keiran snitched on Ken about dating boys,” Dash offered without hesitation.

“Thanks, man.”

He patted me on the back as an offer of apology, and Keenan chose that moment to come back over. “I can’t believe this,” he growled and snatched another burger.

“It was bound to happen sometime,” Lake argued.

“Yeah, when I was dead preferably. My daughter doesn’t have sex.”

“She was talking about a simple date,” Sheldon scoffed.

“Wait you knew about this?” Keenan, Dash, and I all yelled at once.

Just then Phee ran toward us at full speed, saving Sheldon from answering. “When is Uncle Q supposed to get here?” she whined. She looked over her shoulder with wide, hopeful eyes. “They’re still coming, right daddy?”

I smiled and looked across the yard at the glass door as it slid open. “They’re coming.”





Note


Where can I start? I guess at this point my emotional attachment to this series and the character’s story told within the pages has reached its breaking point. Keiran, Lake, and the rest of the gang will always be my favorite simply because they were my first. Their story was special and misunderstood by some but worthy of telling nonetheless.

If you’re wondering why Keiran took a backseat to being the hero, I think it’s because I owed it to Lake. Everyone doubted whether she could shed her damsel and become the hero, including her. Keiran, at the same time, struggled with the moral dilemma of what was right so Lake stepped in to share the burden.



This may be the last book, but who is to say their story will ever truly end? I guarantee you’ll see them again when Q, Di, and Jesse tell their story. (The book will be a standalone outside of the series)





Acknowledgments


This acknowledgment is unusually short because rather than picking and choosing, I want to acknowledge every single person who read, loved, hated, promoted, and worked to make this series a success.



Thank you.





Interview With Keiran


If you could have a phone conversation with Keiran, what would you say/ask?



Delilah Caro: Only one question comes to mind... when did you know you were in love with Lake? At what point was it no longer hate? Was it something she said or a particular incident?

Keiran: It’s hard to say when it happened because whenever it did, it was hard to remember a time or possibility when I never was. It felt like a natural part of me.



Briana Black: That time you may have gotten Lake pregnant and she was freaking out, you really seemed like you didn’t give a damn. What would you have done if she were pregnant? Did you want to get her pregnant?

Keiran: The last thing I wanted at the time was to create more monsters.



Veronica Ashley: Keiran, if you could do one thing differently in your life, what would that one thing be—something you control, not something that was chosen for you. P.S. You are badass and hot as hell!

Keiran: I’d changed who fathered me and bring my mother back to life.



Rachel Campbell: Keiran, back when you were tormenting Lake right after you were released, if you found out that she actually had an intimate relationship while you were locked up, would you really have killed her? You always threatened it but, at that time, would you really have gone through with it?

Keiran: That’s the answer that might scare me the most. I guess we’ll never know.



Lucy Cooper: Keiran, does it scare you that the people around you are no longer scared of you, but if anything, becoming more like you. First your brother then Willow and now Lake?

Keiran: I have no doubt that I have influenced decisions and actions made by my friends, but just as I influenced them, their influence turned out to be more powerful.



Krisi Fullbrook: How does it make you feel that the one person you love has the power to make you FEAR what BREAKING her LOVE for you (Which would NOT make you FEARLESS) would leave you BROKEN ???

Keiran: I think you said it, Krisi.?



Angie Esquilin: Keiran, I know you love Lake. But if you had a choice to do things differently with her. Will you do it?

Keiran: Lake gave me that chance the day she took my ring and my name. I’ve been doing things differently since.



Jamie Buchanan: Keiran, I love you. If you and Lake don’t work out, can I be your Dark Princess of Bainbridge, please?

Keiran: LOL. Are you sure you could handle me?