40 Souls to Keep by Libby Drew

Author:Libby Drew
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-10-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lucas woke knowing someone was watching him; the air held a touch of expectation and stirred gently on his face. He sent up a quick prayer, promising all the usual things—less sleeping around, more church on Sunday—if it could be Jase and not Macy.

“Lucas?” Her voice was right in his ear. She had to be standing less than a foot away.

“Hey, Macy.” He cracked an eye open while trying to act casual about Jase’s stiff cock nestled against his ass. “You okay?” he croaked, rubbing the grit from his eyes.

Jase stirred, tilting his hips forward in a sleepy stretch, and made a muffled, appreciative sound. Lucas bit the inside of his cheek. “Lucas?” Jase muttered in a sleep-thick voice.

Macy fingered the ribbon on the front of her princess nightgown. “I’m hungry.”

The professional side of Lucas sat up and took notice of that. “That’s great,” he said, meaning it. She’d had little appetite the day before. Hunger meant her mind was working through the trauma, balanced enough to send the proper signals to the rest of her body. “What would you like?”

“Lucky Charms.”

Lucas hadn’t been happy to see the red box with the leprechaun come home with Jase. He wasn’t a health freak or anything, but a balanced diet fed the mind as much as it fed the body. With so many of his kids battling emotional trauma of one sort or another, he’d come to rely on the power of the food pyramid.

“What are you talking about? It’s not junk food,” Jase had scoffed, pointing to the side of the box. “Nineteen essential vitamins and minerals. More than you could stuff into a home-cooked meal.”

Lucas ran his tongue along the inside of his cheek while he pretended to study the box. “You’re kidding, right? Wait,” he ordered when Jase looked innocently indignant, “don’t answer that.” He’d placed the Lucky Charms in the pantry...far back in the pantry.

Now Macy lifted her hand, which had been dangling out of sight, revealing the offending box of cereal. Was it him or was that freaky leprechaun flashing the most lecherous grin he’d ever seen. And this was a product aimed at children?

She shook it, the marshmallow rattle causing Jase to stir once more. “And I want the prize too. Please,” she added, a clear afterthought.

Behind him, Jase lifted up on an elbow. “Yum,” he said. “The rainbow marshmallows are my favorite.”

Bristling, Lucas turned a glare on his bedmate.

Then Macy grinned, and Lucas forgave him.

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