Circle of Desire (Damask Circle 3) by Arthur Keri

Author:Arthur, Keri [Arthur, Keri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, General, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345539083
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2014-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

KAT TOOK A CANDY BAR OUT OF HER POCKET AND UNWRAPPED it. The wind was almost unbearably cold, and the smell of rain touched the air. The bright light of the moon had long ago been blanketed by a heavy layer of clouds, and the night seemed unnaturally dark. But lightning flashed in the distance—an indicator of the storm she could feel approaching.

She bit down on the candy and wished she had something more substantial to eat. Chocolate might be one of the five essential food groups, but right now she could have done with something a whole lot more warming. Like a good, thick stew. Or even a meatloaf.

As she munched, she studied the house that sat in the small clearing below. It was a big, old ramshackle building that had seen recent renovations and was absolutely beautiful. What wasn’t so beautiful were the two Dobermans who roamed the confines of the main house’s fenced yard—a fact they’d found out the hard way when they’d first tried to get near the house. Both she and Ethan had barely gotten back over the fence in time when the ruckus the dogs raised had brought out the weapon-bearing homeowner.

But dogs certainly wouldn’t stop the mara, which meant they had to stop it before it got anywhere near the house and the dogs.

She moved her gaze on, studying the line of trees to her right. Ethan was in there somewhere, padding through shadows as restlessly as the dogs in the yard. He’d barely said two words all night, and she’d long ago decided she was going to have a long talk with her grandmother when they got back. Gwen didn’t usually interfere in her relationships, be they casual or not, so to do so now meant Ethan must have said or done something that had raised her protective hackles. And Kat had a feeling that any interference from her grandmother could prove deadly to any hopes she had of a relationship with him.

She frowned at the thought. He’d made it clear from the beginning he didn’t want any relationship beyond sex, so why did she keep thinking of them in terms of something more permanent?

She didn’t know. All she knew was that she liked him. A lot. And while they were dynamite together sexually, it was more than that. There was an empathy between them—just beginning, but there nonetheless. She’d never felt anything like that before, and she had a feeling it could be a whole lot deeper, a whole lot stronger, if only he’d let it.

And that was the problem. He was never going to let it be anything more—because of the woman who’d stolen his heart long ago.

The chocolate lost its taste, and she shoved the half-finished candy bar back into her jacket pocket. Rising, she brushed the dirt from her jeans, then headed through the trees. Lightning flashed, closer than before, caressing the air with electricity. Underneath her jacket, the hairs along her arms rose on end, then the aroma of evil hit her so strongly that it snatched her breath and left her gasping.

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