Bound by Her Passion by Mara Leigh

Author:Mara Leigh [Leigh, Mara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989318065
Publisher: Half Dome Press
Published: 2020-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Gray

The front door opens, and I vault from the foyer up to the second floor landing, hoping to hide the fact that I’ve been waiting at the door for Selina’s arrival. I’m starting to need her like darkness.

But instead of Selina, Rock comes through the door and closes it behind him.

“Where is she?” I ask him.

“Are you telling me she’s not home yet?” Looking up toward me, he slams both fists against his thick chest. “Feck!”

I jump back down to the main floor, landing directly in front of him. “Why isn’t she with you?”

He shakes his head. “Astrid is with her.”

“Where did they go?” I walk into the living room and drop to the overstuffed sofa. I can hear the front door from here, ready for when Selina walks through.

“She wanted to talk to that cop.”

“What?” I get right in the giant’s face. As close as I can get to in his face with my feet on the floor. I’m six two, but Rock…I’d guess he’s got more than a foot on me.

“Why the fuck did you let her go off with a cop?” I want to smash his face, rip out his throat, drain the life from his body.

“She was pretty determined.” The giant man paces across my living room, making everything shake. “What would you want me to do? Hold her captive? Make a scene in public?” He stomps forward, then lifts his hands to his head. “I should have stopped her.”

I steady a porcelain vase sitting on a pedestal next to the fireplace. “Fuck, Rock. This is a Ming vase.”

He sits on the chintz sofa that I hate, and the legs strain from his weight. I hate the Ming vase too, but right now I hate Rock even more.

“Astrid promised she’d keep her safe,” he says, his voice strained, “but Astrid’s not answering her phone.” He puts his head in his hands.

“That’s not like Astrid.” I’m pissed at Rock, sure, but now I’m genuinely scared. Selina could be in real danger. If the cop figured out what she is, she could already be dead. Maybe Astrid too?

Dread floods my body, starting in my stomach and quickly drowning my wits. My head feels like it’s about to explode with fear and dark thoughts. I can barely hear or see anything around me.

I want to smash everything in the room and then impale myself on a stake.

The huge weight of failing in my sacred duty to find her feels minor compared to the thought of never seeing her again, never holding her, never telling her how I feel.

“Shit, Rock,” I yell. “Why the hell did you let her go off on her own like that? With a human? A cop no less? What the fuck were you thinking?”

Rock shakes his head where it’s cradled in his hands. He’s scared too. Hurting. I don’t give a shit.

“I can’t believe you let her out of your sight, you incompetent fuck! She should never, ever be left alone.”

“Excuse me?”

I spin toward the entrance.

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