Destined for Doon by Carey Corp

Author:Carey Corp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Blink
Published: 2014-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Mackenna

The queen of Doon and her royal hottie clung to one another in the doorway to her chambers. Their good-bye kiss rivaled a gum commercial. If the world wasn’t about to end and the boys didn’t have to check in with the border patrols, Jamie and Vee might have made it last all day.

Duncan and I stood awkwardly on the sidelines, staring at our shoes while we waited out the PDA. Our conversation in the garden had caused us to take a step backward. His guard was up, which made being in close proximity unbearable. From opposite sides of the room, our occasional glances would meet only to shift away as quickly as possible.

He’d accompanied his brother to say good-bye before heading out for “training exercises.” While this was clearly Jamie’s last stop, I couldn’t help but wonder if Duncan had yet to visit Analisa. And if she would be sad to see him go, or simply fill the space on her dance card with the Rosetti boy.

After an eternity, the Dentyne Duo came up for air. While common decency kept my vision focused on the purple wallpaper, Jamie’s murmured endearments made my cheeks feel hot.

“Time to save the world. We’re depending on you.” He reluctantly released Vee and took a step back. “Both of you.”

Vee nodded. “We’ll find something. When will you be back?”

“Midday tomorrow if all goes well. We’ll spend the night at the hunting lodge, see if Adam’s found anything new.”

Vee closed the gap between them to give Jamie a peck. “Be safe.”

Before they could commence PDA part deux, Duncan placed a hand on his brother’s bicep and said, “Time to go, man.” With a final halfhearted nod in my direction, he slipped through the doorway. Jamie captured one more kiss from his lady love before following his little brother.

Shutting the door, Vee leaned against it with her eyelids at half-mast. With her mussed hair, swollen lips, and glassy gaze, she could’ve been posing for the cover of a romance novel. But if we were going to figure out how to stop the limbus, she needed to stop swooning and bring her A-game. “Do you need to take a cold shower before we start?”

She blinked at me, her cheeks turning deep red as she got my meaning. “Sorry. Duncan was awfully quiet. Everything okay?”

“Things are fine.” Last night when I returned from the garden, she was sound asleep. I’d planned to fill her in over breakfast, but the princes had interrupted us. And now that I’d seen Duncan again, I didn’t feel like talking. Desperate to change the subject, I parked myself on her settee and started organizing the dozen or so books on her coffee table into piles by color. “Find anything useful?”

“Not yet. But I’ve only gotten through half of these so far.”

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