Dark Enemy: Taken (The Children Of The Gods Paranormal Romance Series Book 4) by I.T. Lucas

Author:I.T. Lucas [Lucas, I.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FOLLOW I. T. LUCAS ON AMAZON
Published: 2015-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18: SYSSI

As the blinking lights of the helicopter vanished in the distance, Syssi closed her eyes and let the tears flow freely. It had been such a struggle to keep the waterworks at bay for Kian and Andrew’s sake. Not that she’d done such an admirable job of it. But now, standing alone on the roof of Kian’s high-rise, in the middle of the night, there was no more need for pretense.

No one could see her.

Except, the tears weren’t enough, she still felt like choking.

It was all too much, and the stress had finally gotten the better of her.

Or was it the transition?

According to Dr. Bridget, everything in Syssi’s body was supposedly in flux, and that probably included her hormones. But whether she was being hormonal or not, she knew of only one way to get some small measure of relief, and it was to let it all go, break down completely and sob her heart out.

She did, noisily, hiccups and runny nose and all, using the bottom of her T-shirt to wipe her nose and the fountains of tears from her eyes. It was soaked.

Ugh, gross.

Ah, what the heck, the thing is beyond salvage anyway. She blew her nose on one side of the shirt and gave her face a good wipe down with the other. She then took a deep, shaky breath, and another.

Snap out of it, everything is going to be fine. Her brother and the two friends he’d brought on the mission were professionals—experts in hostage retrieval, and Kian’s bodyguards, Brundar and Anandur, were obviously well-trained.

But what about Kian?

She wasn’t sure about his fighting skills, but he’d surely carried that wicked looking sword like it was an extension of his body, like it was nothing new to him. And he certainly was old enough to have lived at a time when men had waged war with swords.

She wondered if he’d fought in actual battles or just knew how to wield a sword for self-defense, or maybe for sport—fencing. But even as she thought it, deep down she knew the truth.

Don’t be naive. Of course, he’d fought… he had to…

Kian had the bearing of a general, and it wasn’t because he was Regent over the American part of his clan. Politicians, even presidents of countries, didn’t have this particular aura around them—not unless they came from a military background.

But it was a good thing, right? As an experienced fighter, Kian was less likely to get injured.

Oh, God, what if…

Stop it. No one is going to get hurt. Well, except for that Doomer. Syssi shivered as she imagined what Kian would do to that guy.

As much as she loved him, there was still a lot she didn’t know about Kian, and she suspected that there was a whole other side to him she had only caught glimpses of.

His beast, as he called it. As if there was some creature or separate entity living inside of him that was wild and untamable. Right. A convenient way to excuse lack of control.

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