Keeping the Beat: An Adrenaline Novel Read Free Page A

gaze briefly before finally looking back at me. He nodded curtly before shoving to his feet and walking out the front door, letting it slam shut behind him. I flinched as the sound echoed through the house.
                  “He’ll be fine,” Reece tried to comfort me with a reassuring smile. “But I don't really think you’re fooling him as to why you want to move.”
                  Rubbing my temples, I tried to take a deep breath to ward off the headache that was setting in. I hated being at odds with my brother since we so rarely were. He had given up so much for me, had taken care of me from the moment I was born. I hated to do anything to make him unhappy, but I had been telling the truth when I told him moving away was something I needed to do. For my own sanity I needed to get away.
                  “Yeah, I don’t think so either,” I answered her, hearing dread seep into my voice. Wrapping her arm around my shoulders, Reece tugged me to her side and hugged me tight. I leaned into her embrace glad I had asked her to be there when I told Declan the news.
                  “You’re doing the right thing, Kenzie. You’re looking out for yourself for once. Declan is going to come around.” She said the last part with a determination that made me think if my brother didn't come around soon, his fiancé was going to show him the way. The image of my brother getting railroaded by his hormonal pregnant fiancé lightened the tension that had crept into my gut.
                  “When are you going to tell everyone else?” Reece asked after a moments silence.
                  Thinking about telling the rest of the family made my skull start to throb. “I have no idea.” I let my heavy head fall back onto the couch and stared up at the ceiling like it would give me the answer. “Maybe at dinner tomorrow night if I don’t chicken out. I’m going to have to tell them soon, otherwise I’ll have to move all of my stuff by myself.”
                  “I’m sure we can rustle up a few recruits,” Reece assured me with a small chuckle, her hand rubbing soothing circles along my back. “If not you, Jon, Lane, and I will just have to remember to lift with our legs and not our backs.”
                  I gave her cheek a light pat making her amber eyes light up with laughter. “Have I mentioned how lucky my brother is to have snatched you up?”
                  She shrugged twirling a piece of her dark hair around her finger. “Once or twice. I’m sure he could stand hearing it again.”
                  I worried the inside of my cheek looking out the door again only to see that Declan had disappeared from view. “Do you think he’s going to be mad at me long?”
                  Letting the smile fall from her face, Reece cupped my jaw in her hands. “Kenzie, he’s not mad at you. He’s worried. We both are. You’ve haven't been acting like yourself these past few weeks and he wants to keep you close. Just give him time. You’re doing the right thing.”
                  Nodding I closed my eyes as my head fell back against the couch. “That’s what I keep telling myself.” If I didn’t I wasn't sure I was going to be able to go through with my plan.
                  If I ever wanted to get over Jason Craw, I had to go through with the plan.
     
    Jace
                  Waking up early was getting easier since I had stopped going out and drinking so much. Ever since Adrenaline had wrapped up our last tour, the guys and I had been taking it relatively easy as far as partying went. Hell, since Declan had met Reece he’d become so domesticated it was rare to see him without his girl somewhere near by. Not that I minded. Reece fit right in with our family.
                  As I walked out onto my front porch I saw that Declan’s car