**Jax**

She glanced from Trent to me then to the broken tree a few feet away. "Can we talk?"

Trent gave me a tight, "you know what you have to do" smile, and said, "I'll give you two some privacy." Then he left.

Normally, I'd be thrilled to be alone with Piper, but right now I had no idea how to act around her or what to say. She already knew how I felt, so repeating it wouldn't do any good. So, instead of running my mouth, I stayed silent and waited ...