Doomsday Brethren Novella Fated by Shayla Black

Author:Shayla Black
Language: nld
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Published: 2011-10-30T07:01:41+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Kari stormed away from Ronan, hoping to reach the back room before she dissolved in tears.

Clearly, he believed this curse, enough to haunt her pub for the past twelve nights, his watchful gaze never straying. Even Raiden's lone visit to her establishment hadn't made Ronan budge from his protective perch. But damn it, he thought nothing of condemning them both to hell without consulting her. Prick.

Suddenly, Ronan appeared in front of her and grabbed her arms. "I must keep you safe.

Please don't hate me for it."

She glared at him with a stormy expression, knowing her pain was written all over her face.

Let him see. Maybe he'd feel a tenth of the crushing despair she did. "If you cared for me, you--"

"Would do everything in my power to make certain you don't die. This curse has afflicted my family for nearly a thousand years. It's robbed of us of our ability to sense our mates as other wizards do."

That took the wind from Kari's sails. "You never sensed me as your mate? But I thought...

The fever in your blood..."

Apology and regret crossed his face. "I know little about the instinct. No living wizard in my family has ever felt it. None have been able to say how the instinct feels." He grabbed her shoulders tighter. "I can truly say that when I'm with you, I've never felt anyone more right, tasted anyone sweeter, held anyone who gave me such fever. Every other woman left my heart empty. But you fill it. Completely."

Kari sucked in a breath. Was he saying...?

"I love you," He murmured. "I don't need an instinct to know that."

Three words. That's all it took for her defenses to crumble. She knew she should be stronger, make him suffer. But why keep them apart when it was the last thing she wanted?

Kari ran into Ronan's arms with a cry. He held her against his chest, stroking a gentle hand over her hair.

"I love you, too," she admitted between sobs. "I'm scared to trust you."

"I know. Don't cry, love. Shh." He stroked her hair. "My heart knows no other."

Slowly, the tears stopped. Ronan wiped her tears away with his thumb and a smile.

God, he was beautiful. And when she looked into his eyes, she could see the caring wizard she'd fallen for, not the remote bastard he'd played these past days. The gentleness he showed her warmed her heart. Ronan was a good man. Her man. She understood that he had too much concern and pride to risk losing her if there was even a chance his family was cursed. He'd been willing to sacrifice his heart to keep her safe.

But she refused to give him up to play it safe. They'd overcome whatever stood between them together. No curse would beat them.

Grabbing his face in her hands, she pulled Ronan's mouth to hers and kissed him, pouring all her love into the gesture. He stiffened, gripping her shoulders with tight fingers.

"Kari, no. I love you but--"

She cut off whatever

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