Bonded Pair by Lauren Dane

Author:Lauren Dane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Lex paced back and forth, Megan knew, annoyed that Nina had agreed with her and had made him stay at home instead of picking her up from the airport. She watched him through the glass briefly before she headed inside.

She’d needed the time to compose herself after she’d pretty much cried and cried the whole flight back.

He met her at the top of the stairs, simply putting his arms around her tight and kissing the top of her head. All her composure fell away and the tears came back.

“I’m going to have to kill him, aren’t I?” His voice rumbled through his chest and into her body and she let it comfort her.

“You can kill him again after I do.” Nina hugged her from the other side and Gabby’s laugh sounded over the three of them as she darted into the room and launched herself toward them.

Megan extricated herself from Lex and Nina to fill her arms with her niece, who snuggled into her hold and covered her face with slightly sticky kisses.

“You’re home.” Gabby looked up at Megan through wise brown eyes and nodded once, as if that solved the problem.

“I am. I missed you, Gab.”

“I missed you too. Come on, The Little Mermaid is on and Mommy made fish sticks and macaroni and cheese for dinner.”

Of course to an outsider the conversation wouldn’t have been as clear but Megan had been around Gabriella Warden since her very first breath of air and she understood exactly what her niece had said.

“My favorite.”

She set Gabby down and allowed herself to be pulled into the family room.

“I’m glad you’re home.” Nina hugged her shoulders. “Will you stay over tonight and tell us the whole story?”

Megan nodded and allowed them to take care of her.

* * *

Shane paced the length of his bedroom and back. Over and over. She’d been gone three days and he felt it in every muscle. Her scent lay upon his sheets, in his bathroom, in wisps of air as he moved through what now felt like a big empty shell of a house.

He wanted to be angry at her. At times he managed it. Usually when he felt like death warmed over at her absence. He resented that physical connection to her as much as he craved feeding it.

At times he vacillated between wanting to call her and never speaking her name again. She hadn’t called and it pissed him off. Made him sulky and petulant. Not something he felt very often. Normally if he was this upset he’d call Sid and Layla but he got the feeling Lay would be ready to cut his heart out.

Work had filled his time but once he got home he found himself unable to sleep and so he paced and thought. Not always a good thing. He considered, for a brief moment, calling Cynthia. But in truth, he was married and he had no desire to break his bond with Megan, even as he struggled with his confusion over how to make things between them work.

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