At Blade's Edge by Dane Lauren

Author:Dane, Lauren [Dane, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-12-17T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“You don’t have to tuck me in, Rowan.” Clive tried not to gloat that she’d left her work to be with him before he slept.

“So much happened tonight, I thought it would be nice if we could talk about our day like normal people do.”

“I’d be far more amenable to that if you were naked.”

She pulled her clothes off and got into his bed, sliding across sheets she knew would now have her scent.

“Admittedly, I’m nervous that you’re so easy with me right now. After that regrettable scene at my parents’ house I wasn’t sure you’d be speaking to me.”

She stared at him, one brow raised until he got into the pajamas he preferred to sleep in and joined her.

“Of course you knew I’d speak to you. Just like you knew there’d be fuckery if your uncles showed up, which is why you got very shirty indeed when they not only came but then acted a fool. It’s what you all do when you’re in groups. Put more than three Vampires in a room together and there’s always drama.”

He stacked his pillows to allow him to lean back, inviting her to come to him.

She did, the heat of her skin nearly searing him.

“I won’t allow my uncles to speak to you in such a manner in the future. Not without disciplining them.”

“You know it gets me tingly when you do that.”

“Part of the pleasure in doing it, darling.” He was a Scion. Their superior. As his wife, Rowan was extended that stature. As The First’s daughter, she already had it. “You bring power to my House. Connections. I will not deny this pleases me.”

“All part of the services I provide. Because I am awesome.”

“You’re quite amused with yourself. Is there something I don’t know?”

“I think Brigid is pumping me full of feel-good chemicals. Like Goddess wine or whatever.”

“Well, that’s interesting.” He’d seen her like this a few times. If She thought Rowan needed a little help to not have some sort of heart attack or hie off on a killing spree because she was utterly done with Roth Wesslyian, he had no problems with that being remedied.

Rowan laughed. “You can make so many sentences mean forty things all at the same time. I’m totally not amused by most of what has happened. I want to flip tables and twist heads off like the stem of an apple. I knew Roth had given the sorcerers the location of the safehouse in Venice, but this level of betrayal wasn’t something I’d imagined.”

She was quiet a while. This was what he knew she struggled with so much. Rowan didn’t give trust or loyalty frivolously and both had been destroyed. Her work, her safe place was crumbling at her feet.

“What’s his bottom line? Roth has a nice enough life. He lives like a rich asshole. He’s got a good job. Responsibility. He took an oath when he joined HC. He promised to keep us all safe. He gave his word, Clive. And he broke it.

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