East of Ecstasy (Hearts of the Anemo) by Laura Kaye

Author:Laura Kaye [Kaye, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, paranormal romance, gods, gena showalter, lords of the underworld, JR Ward, Black Dagger Brotherhood; dpgroup.org
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Select)
Published: 2014-03-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Anna woke up with a start, her eyes flashing open and her mind immediately awake. She recognized the light fixture on the ceiling, the paintings on the wall, the furniture. It was her room, but she still felt disoriented. Like not everything was the way it was supposed to be.

She sat up and looked at the other side of the bed…which was empty and hadn’t been slept in.

Devlin.

“Devlin?” she said, her voice thick with sleep. She cleared her throat. “Devlin?”

Heart thudding against her breastbone, Anna slipped out of bed and hugged herself against the chill. The gray light of morning was just seeping through the curtains at her windows, and a glance at her alarm clock confirmed it wasn’t quite six o’clock yet.

Even though the bathroom was dark, she peeked in and flipped on the light. Empty.

Where had he gone? Standing in the middle of her room, she lifted her face to the ceiling. “Devlin?”

Inside her walk-in closet, she quickly chucked her pajamas to the floor and pulled on a pair of jeans, a T-shirt labeled in the neckline as lavender, and a gray hoodie.

What if Devlin went back to his grandfather’s house?

Anna froze with her hand on the closet door, her heart falling to the floor. If he’d gone back to Aeolus’s, she would never see him again. She had no way to get there and no way to contact him. Assuming he’d even want her to do so. But would he really have left without saying something? After everything they’d been through together and the importance of her paintings to whatever was going on with his father? After he’d said he would protect her and her father?

“No. Don’t think the worst, Anna,” she murmured to herself.

Which, of course, had her mind conjuring up the image of him in the shower. She hadn’t meant to push about his leg, but he’d taken such incredibly tender care of her, and she’d needed that comfort so badly after the day they’d had. All she’d wanted to do was return the favor and show him she cared. But, God, he’d resembled a trapped animal as he’d grabbed her hand, and it was as if they’d taken two steps backward again. He’d pushed her away. He hadn’t been mean about it, and he’d made it clear that he felt completely…what? Overwhelmed? Threatened? Panicked? Maybe all of the above.

God, she really hoped she hadn’t scared him away.

Because Anna felt more alive around Devlin than she’d felt in many years. It was as if a part of herself she never knew existed came to life when she was with him. Ever since she’d put all her plans and dreams on hold to take care of her father, she’d yearned for a life of her own, adventure, travel, excitement, and passion. And in the several days since she’d first laid eyes on Devlin, she’d found all that and more.

No idea what it actually meant, if anything. He was a god, after all. And clearly troubled.

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