Dark Guardian Found by I.T. Lucas

Author:I.T. Lucas [Lucas, I. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FOLLOW I. T. LUCAS ON AMAZON
Published: 2017-05-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24: Bhathian

“Yes?” Bhathian frowned at the unknown caller.

“It’s me,” Eva said. “I got your number from Nathalie.”

Bhathian was shocked speechless.

Eva was calling him.

He needed to sit down.

“Hello, are you there?”

Bhathian shook his head. “Yes, I’m here. Just a little surprised. I didn’t expect to get a call from you.” Damn, now she’d think he was upset about her calling him. “I’m very happy that you did. That you are…” Way to sound like a fumbling idiot.

“Good. Would you like to come over?”

Eva was inviting him? No way. She probably wanted him to bring Nathalie.

“I can ask Nathalie if she’s up for a visit, but she might be too tired this late in the day.”

Eva chuckled. “I’m inviting you, Bhathian, not Nathalie. My crew went to see Jackson perform at a club. I have the house to myself.”

Bhathian’s throat felt dry. Was he dreaming? Had he fallen asleep on the couch? Because it sounded a lot like Eva was inviting him for a hookup.

“I’ll be there in twenty minutes.”

She chuckled again. “Drive safely, Bhathian. I don’t want you to arrive all banged up.”

Thank you, sweet Fates. His prayers had been answered.

Twenty minutes was what it would take to get to Eva’s, and Bhathian still needed to shower and shave. In his rush to scrub every inch of his body clean, Bhathian almost tripped on the soap that had slipped out of his hand, and the quick shave to get rid of his five o’clock shadow resulted in two cuts. Fortunately, not a big deal for his immortal body to heal.

He was in the car in under five minutes and driving like a bat out of hell to compensate for the time lost. As he pulled up to Eva’s house, he saw her leaning against the railing of her third-floor balcony. She was wearing a long white dress, the wispy fabric billowing in the breeze and wrapping around her shapely legs only to be lifted by another gust and billow out again.

She was a vision of unattainable beauty.

He wasn’t a fool. Her invitation wasn’t meant to start a conversation that could in turn lead to a relationship. She would’ve chosen a more neutral ground for that. There had been nothing ambiguous about her summons.

It was a booty call, nothing more.

Eva had changed in the years since he’d first met her. She’d hardened. Not that she’d been soft then. Part of the incredible draw he’d felt toward her had been the effect of her confidence and a sense of purpose. And yet, as many young humans were, she’d been hopeful then, more open with her emotions.

Over the years Eva had lost this naïveté, the one only young humans were capable of, she’d become more like him and his clan members.

Jaded. Disillusioned. Closed off emotionally.

A side effect of living such long lives and witnessing too much shit.

The only time Bhathian had seen Eva’s eyes soften was when looking at Nathalie, and sometimes at her young employees, but not at him.

Except for that one kiss.

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