Beastly Passions by Nikki Winter

Author:Nikki Winter [Winter, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nikki Winter Publishing
Published: 2016-01-25T06:00:00+00:00

“Better?” Taras queried as Asha strolled from the bathroom, swiping a towel through her thick hair. He’d been forced to wait outside because according to his wife, she wasn’t interested in gods-damn child supervision during bathing.

“Leagues,” she answered, tossing the towel before making a face. “But I can already feel the stitches pulling.”

“Ahh, that will happen from time to time as you heal and Magdalena had Sophie bring me this,”—he held out a jar—“antibacterial cream that will help with itching.”

“Itching? That sounds awful…and kind of diseased.”

He snorted. “It does good work. Scar will barely be noticeable in a few weeks.”

She looked down at her hip and lightly ran her fingertips over the area. “I suppose I’ll have something in common with you now.” His expression was obviously confused so she explained, “Scars, that is.”

“No,” he softly said, correcting her at the implication. He had no desire for her to ever bear the weight of what he carried. “No scars like mine. Never any scars like mine.”

Before Asha could speak another word, he went on. “Alexei sent out to have the men retrieved.”

Upon coming home, Alexei had met them halfway with a small team, having gotten view of Taras and Asha’s return on security footage. From there he’d told him of what had transpired and informed him of the men that had been left alive to sit at the bottom of the pit and hope for rescue.

Alexei, ever watchful, had examined them and questioned as to if they were to remain alive. To that Taras had simply said, “Yes” at the way his wife’s stare had turned pleading. He then commanded that they be as far removed as possible from his general vicinity.

Going to follow directions, Alexei only stopped when Asha had called his name from where she remained in Taras’ arms.

“Make sure that they understand they’ve been given an opportunity today. Advise them not to squander it,” she’d told him, her golden irises went molten and burning with a warning. “Because if they return, Taras will be the least of their concerns. I extended a courtesy once. I will not do so again.”

The threat that Taras’ diminutive, diplomatic, enigma of a significant other had just issued didn’t go unnoticed and he wasn’t surprised to see the respect in the gazes focused their way.

“She is small, but frightening, that one,” he’d heard someone whisper as they continued on.

Indeed, Asha was. Smaller than him she may have been, but his wife wasn’t any less fierce. There had been something there; something eerily familiar in her eyes when she’d charged that man. It was the same look he’d witnessed the day they’d been introduced and she’d warned him away from any fanciful thoughts concerning her…assets. She hadn’t wanted him to believe that he had the right to touch anything belonging to her. He liked to think that had been her attitude when he’d almost been gunned down—that she didn’t want anyone touching what she considered to be her own.

“Hopefully their experience will discourage them from returning,” she said now, coming to take a seat next to him on her bed.

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