Dark Warrior Mine (The Children Of The Gods Paranormal Romance Series Book 7) by I. T. Lucas

Author:I. T. Lucas [Lucas, I. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: I.T. Lucas
Published: 2016-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28: Andrew

Sometimes, Andrew’s gift felt more like a curse to him. During the drive home, he replayed in his head the events that had led up to the lie.

Why had Nathalie done it?

He’d sensed that she’d been overwhelmed by the rush of desire that had swept through her. Nathalie had practically melted in his arms. And yet, she’d done nothing to hide her reaction or tried to tame it. She’d even giggled at his joke. This could not have been what had had her bolting out of the room with that lame excuse. An excuse he would’ve bought if not for his special gift.

Andrew had a niggling suspicion that Nathalie hadn’t been kissed much, mainly because of the way she’d been blown away by the experience. Almost like a teenager who’d been kissed for the first time. But that couldn’t be. She was too old for that to be a possibility—even a remote one.

Unless she’d been in a coma for the past fifteen years, or Amish, there was no way he’d been the first guy to kiss this beautiful, sexy woman. The thought was so preposterous that it made him uncomfortable to even consider it. Maybe other men would’ve found a complete innocent thrilling, excited by the idea of being a girl’s first in everything, but all he could think of was the terrible loss—the loneliness that hadn’t been alleviated even by fleeting hookups.

For a grown woman, who appeared to have a healthy appetite for sex, it must’ve been plain cruel to be denied this most basic of pleasures.

Not a stranger to loneliness—hell, she was his most ardent mistress—Andrew had at least known pleasure, intimacy, camaraderie. True, none had been lasting, but there had been plenty, most of whom he’d enjoyed and remembered fondly.

Why would Nathalie deny herself? Or be denied?

Was it for religious reasons?

When he’d shaken Fernando’s hand, Andrew had noticed the small golden cross hanging from a thin gold chain around the old man’s neck, but the fact that the guy was religious was a far cry from proclaiming him a fanatic who’d cloistered his daughter. There had been no other religious paraphernalia around, unless it was all in Fernando’s bedroom.

Nah, it didn’t add up. Nathalie didn’t behave like someone who wished to save herself for marriage, or who’d been brainwashed to stay away from men. She was passionate, and not shy about it either. After all, she’d been the one who had asked to be kissed. His plan had been to keep his hands to himself and try to enjoy a platonic evening with her.

So what was it?

The only other thing that came to mind was that she’d been sick. Perhaps a heart condition? Diabetes? Parkinson’s?

He’d seen a movie once about a young woman afflicted with that disease. Parkinson’s wasn’t exclusively an old people’s thing.

This, or something like it, would explain her reluctance to share with him what had troubled her. Not something one wished to disclose on a first date.

Except, this didn’t make sense either—and thank God for that.

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