Defending Destiny by Eve London

Author:Eve London [London, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-20T18:30:00+00:00

After, he held me against his chest, his hand slowly running over my hair. The first rays of the morning sun peeked through the blinds. I needed to get out of bed. After all, today was a big day. All the work I’d been doing to ensure the success of the festival had been leading to this weekend. But I didn’t want to move.

I didn’t want to break the comfortable cocoon the two of us shared. Once I walked out the door of Thorne’s cabin, there would be last-minute details to deal with and fires to put out. Life would be so much easier if I’d allowed myself to take Dartman’s offer. Even after paying off what we owed on the ranch, Mike and I could split the funds, and each of us would have more than enough to start over.

“What’s running through that beautiful brain of yours?” Thorne asked.

I propped my chin on top of my hands and lifted my head to meet his gaze. “You don’t want to know.”

“Wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t care about the answer.” He lazily lifted a brow. “Are you feeling okay about opening the festival this afternoon?”

“Why wouldn’t I?” Now I was curious about what he was thinking. Thorne seemed to always be one step ahead. Maybe he worked on military strategy or something similar. Whatever he did, I was glad he was on my side.

“When Dartman realizes he’s not going to get the crowd he was going for tonight, I’m assuming he’ll try to retaliate.”

He made it sound so serious. “It’s not like we’re at war. He made me an offer, and I declined. Then he tried to lure away the customer base I’ve spent years acquiring, and karma gave him a swift kick in the ass.”

“Is that what you’ve decided to call me from now on? Karma?”

“What would you rather I call you? Angel of Deliverance?” I was feeling feisty after the three orgasms he’d delivered.

“Nah. Demon Slayer has a bit of a ring to it, don’t you think?”

I traced the ridge of a long scar just under his ribcage. “Is that how you got this? By slaying demons somewhere far, far away?”

His smile faded. “No. I got that one from a kid who caught me by surprise.”

“Do you want to tell me about it?” I’d learned from having conversations with my brother about the missions he’d been on, that it was best not to pry.

“There’s not much to tell. It was during my last deployment. One of the guys I was with always had a soccer ball with him. There was this group of kids that would come around every day about the same time. Most days, we’d take a break and kick the ball around with them for a while.”

He looked over at me. “We thought it would be good to build rapport. You know, most people think everyone over there is the enemy, but sometimes they’re just kids who want to be able to be kids for a while.

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