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Then again, perhaps he always shagged woht
Without question, their friendship was forever altered The casual rapport she"d alorked to one He"d seared himself into her psyche forever Damn, why had she impulsively leapt into bed with him on the flimsy hope he would realize she was his mate?
What next? Would Ronan return to The Witch"s Brew and, business as usual, bed a different woht? The dozens of times she"d seen hih her head She sat up, grabbing her ain Ever Being with Ronan this way last night, so inti as if she truly mattered, she"d fallen a bit in love with him Head over heels for him, if she was honest
It sees
So…if she wasn"t his mate--and dear God, how foolish had she been for that hope--
when he awakened, would he treat her as he did every other shag?
Still holding her turning stoet out of here
She couldn"t watch those reen eyes open and stare at her with indifference
Frantically grabbing her clothes, she shoved theray dent in the black sky, so it must be pitifully early She had no idea where she was Had no auto, no money for a taxi Bloody disaster!
Once dressed, she opened the bedroo, narrow Immediately, she had the sense that the stately house was old A bit of weak gray light drew her, and she stepped into the rooli about her location
She encountered a bedroo console, laptop The roolance out themade Kari"s eyes pop from her skull This wasn"t a house, but a bloody estate The expansive grounds with their statues and gazebo alone proved that The barrown up on the docks and never attended uni did not belong here
Ronan had realized what her foolish heart hadn"t: they weren"t ahelplessly in love
She turned to leave the room, determined to find her way out back to her cramped London flat somehow Instead, she bumped into a hard chest Based on the dark, lanced up at the aze…golden hair Raiden
"What are you doing here?" he asked, his voice sharp like the crack of a whip
"Is this your bedroo in this house?" He raised a brow
"Leaving, actually"
She edged around hi you here?"
Raiden already knew the answer, and clearly, he wasn"t pleased
"Isn"t this where he brings every stupid girl he shags?"
Aaway "Yes"
Kari had feared it, and still, the truth hurt "I" all the others made their way out of this old maze and back home Care to tell hed and put his arm around her
"Don"t touch h to bed doith one of you, but that hardlyyou both"
Raiden pressed his lips together "Keep your voice down I can"t whisk you to your flat with rip or you could disintegrate into a million pieces, never to reform Painless way to die, but ould beco But she did recall Ronan holding her very tightly before transporting her here
Though she didn"t coht"
Raiden settled an ar to find that she meant no ile heart She still ly reality, but better on her turf, after she"d had time to process her reckless rush into passion
Still, soive up on Ronan When he touched her…it felt special She felt special But he"d never said a word to make her believe that
"Wait! Is it true that wizards know their mate from a taste and use ritual words to attach a woman to theht away?"
Raiden frowned down at her and crossed his ar that Ronan will speak the Call to you, you hope in vain My brother will never take aat the pub"s door the e boots, a hulking shadow through theHer stomach danced nervously Had Ronan co open the door, a hopeful sht of Tynan
She recovered quickly and pasted the smile back on "Come in"
"I"m sorry you"re not more pleased to seehis whole heart and soul to a woman Someday, she hoped he found someone to replace Auropha At times… she wished just a bit that she could be that woman He would never cheat, as her former fiancé Edward had He would never seduce another woman under her nose, as Ronan would But she and Tynan shared no spark He was still grieving his loss, and she had lost interest in every male except Ronan
"It"s not you," she vowed "I"m really tired"
As she stepped back to adn to "open," Tynan shuffled in and studied her in the bar"s golden light "Tired give you those whisker burns on your cheeks?"
Her entire body flushed Could a big hole open up and s her? "You"re here early"
He accepted the change of subject with a wry s I"ll let you in on another secret youMathias
They"re called the Doomsday Brethren, run clandestinely by one of the Council ht I bullied "
"They didn"t want you?"
"They assurandfather, who is also a Council ilante justice…if he knew"
The Doomsday Brethren"s assumption of Tynan"s loyalties lad he"d convinced them otherwise "So you black sly handsome Why couldn"t she want hih that I"m loyal to anyone determined to kill Mathias"
She took his hands in hers "I hope this brings you some peace"
Tynan opened his mouth to speak Before he could, the bell above tinkled In walked the biggest, baddest leather-cladof his eyes behind black sunglasses, but sensed that his gaze zeroed in on Tynan
"You O"Shea?"