Fate Forsaken by Chauntelle Baughman

Author:Chauntelle Baughman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Urban, Vampires, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Werewolves & Shifters, Paranormal & Urban, Psychics, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Ever After Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-10-04T22:00:00+00:00

Rho’s mind blanked as she stared into his eyes. Sincerity poured from their depths, threatening to knock her knees out from underneath her. She hadn’t expected this at all. When he’d given her his wrist, she’d thought for sure things were over. Soul struck or not, she would have sworn he’d been ready to walk away from her right then.

But he loved her? Really and truly? The last time she’d ever felt loved was when her parents had been alive. Even her affections for Frederick, her creator, were built more out of appreciation and duty than a sincere love. She sucked in a breath she didn’t need to take and tried to calm the thoughts speeding through her mind.

His lips quirked into a faint smile. “Have I actually managed to render you speechless? I didn’t think that was possible. Actually—”

“I love you, too.” The words came out so soft she wasn’t sure she’d said them out loud.

His eyes widened. “You do?” He explored her face with his penetrating stare, as if trying to get a bead on her emotions.

She wasn’t sure when it had happened, but she’d fallen. She’d fallen hard. If she were being honest with herself, she would have admitted it long ago, but as Eldon often pointed out, she was notoriously stubborn. Their connection was telepathic, sure, but what they had together ran so much deeper. He ran straight through the core of her.

Rho tried to refocus her thoughts. “I didn’t tell you about the meeting because I couldn’t allow you to be distracted by my issues.” And getting hurt or killed because you were thinking of me and not of yourself. “If anything happened to you, I…”

She clamped her mouth shut, unwilling to finish the thought. After almost losing him once and then thinking she’d lost him again tonight, she knew without question that she’d do whatever it took to keep him safe. She had a death mark on her arm to prove it.

“I’m not a child.” He shook his head. “I can handle some bad news.”

“You already worry about me too much.”

His eyes narrowed. “I worry because I’m in love with you. Do you think I’d move on that easily if something happened to you? You’re the kind of love a person doesn’t get over.” He reached up and brushed a strand of hair from her cheek, tucking it behind her ear. “And you forget, I’ve nearly lost you, too.”

True. She’d nearly died when she’d been hit with silver, and he’d forced his sister to fix her and never left her side. “You’re right.”

“Then you understand why I did what I did with Trinador.”

She lifted a shoulder. “I don’t agree with it. But I can understand.”

He traced her jaw with a finger, the sensation sending a delicious shiver down her spine. “I told you it wouldn’t be easy. If we’re going to do this, you’re not allowed to lie to me. Omissions are lies.”

She raised a brow. “You have to take your own advice. No lying to me either.

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