Aurora Champions Box Set by Ophelia Bell

Author:Ophelia Bell [Bell, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MT Worlds Press
Published: 2019-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

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“I want to meet them,” Simina said later that afternoon at the table over the smorgasbord the resort had delivered to them while bathed after their flight.

Veryl’s brows shot up. “Who?”

“Your friends. Dez and Cato. They obviously mean a lot to you. And … I’m curious.”

She eyed him over the gigantic sandwich he’d built out of an assortment of meat, bread, and cheese. Her own towering lunch was more indulgent than she usually allowed herself, but it was tiny compared to his.

He took a big bite, somehow managing to fit the entire thickness into his mouth. His brows drew together while he chewed. “Curious about what? They’re just guys.” He gave her a wary look—almost proprietary. Over them or her, she wasn’t sure.

Simina laughed. “Not because I’m hoping for some connection with one of them. I like you. A lot. I just want to see how they are around you, that’s all. I’m pretty good at reading people, seeing the depth of a link between a shifter and his animal. Maybe I can tell if they return your feelings. If they do, there might be a chance for you with them.”

“Really?” Veryl said, lifting a brow skeptically.

She shrugged and focused on her food. “It’s kind of my job. I … I’m a doctor. An Arena League doctor, to be specific. It’s how Talon and I met.”

Veryl’s brief stillness was too obvious to miss, but she feigned ignorance, silently cursing at herself for bringing Talon up again. He’d have been rolling his eyes at her for not letting it go, and she really didn’t want his memory to hang over her new relationship like a dark cloud if she wound up pursuing this all the way.

But she also didn’t want Veryl to have to compromise with her if he didn’t have to. If she could just see him with his friends … these two men he seemed so lovelorn over that he’d settle for an emotionally broken woman like her to have a family with … If she could see how they were together, perhaps she could help him, help them find their way to each other.

“I don’t think there’s a fix for us,” Veryl finally said, setting his monolithic sandwich down. “It isn’t like there’s just some herbal remedy or new diet we can try to make them want a relationship. These guys are kind of all or nothing. I thought I was too, until I met you.”

“So you’d all rather have nothing than each other? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. And to answer your question from earlier, if Talon were alive and we couldn’t have kids for some reason, I’d fucking deal with it because I loved him. He was my heart and soul. He was everything. We’d have found a way to be happy and whole together. You deserve that too. Why not try?”

“How?” Veryl sat back in his chair, giving her an exasperated look. “What the hell is seeing us together going to

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