Deep Within The Stone (The Superstition Series Book 2) by Teresa Reasor

Author:Teresa Reasor [Reasor, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, urban
Publisher: Teresa J. Reasor
Published: 2017-10-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Genevieve carried two large mugs outside and sat down beside Finn’s statue while she waited for him to transform. She sipped her coffee and studied the statue’s face. It hadn’t changed at all, but the live creature had. His ears were becoming more human. His brow ridge was less exaggerated.

He was going to be upset when he saw she hadn’t tried working on the nail again today.

In fact she’d gotten precious little work done at all because she’d been busy stewing about him. Especially about her response to him.

She should never have acknowledged it. Should never have encouraged his advances. It only put more pressure on Finn to solve the problem, and it tempted him with something they might never have together.

She’d been celibate for two years. Maybe she was just sexually frustrated.

How could she want him when he looked like a…a monster?

Because she’d seen what he looked like before he became the creature. That image was firmly implanted in her head. And her heart. It was like looking at a burn victim. She saw past the disfigurement to what was supposed to be. But this was much worse.

She felt Finn’s transition before she saw it. Heat wafted off him, and the stone began to shimmer and take on a more pliant texture. She stumbled to her feet, uncertain about being so close to him when it happened.

When he staggered to his feet, she took another involuntary step back, trying to ignore the response she had to the sight of his broad, muscular chest and taut abdomen.

He was so…virile…standing naked before her.

* * *

He had waited for her, making an effort to prepare himself for the pain while she worked on the nails while he was trapped in the stone…but she never came. He didn’t know whether to be angry or relieved. “Why did ye not try t’carve away some more?”

“Would you get dressed before we discuss this?” She handed him the sweatpants and wandered to the edge of the patio with her cup.

He studied her back. She could try to hide her response to him, but he could sense the heavy beat of her heart and smell the changing scent of her arousal. Having her this close after a few nights without her only made his need sharper.

“I poured you a cup of coffee. But I put some water on the table too.”

He pulled on the pants, but was more interested in the water than the coffee. The long hours of being confined to the stone made him nearly mad with thirst. He took several long gulps of water, and used the back of his hand to wipe away the drop or two that ran down his chin. He brought the glass, which was sweating with moisture in the warm evening, when he went to stand beside her.

“Miranda thinks that if I do anything more to change your statue, there could be worse repercussions. She wants to try a magical solution before we carve anything else away.”

So there

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