Fate Walks by Brea Viragh

Author:Brea Viragh [Viragh, Brea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: No Publisher
Published: 2018-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Leo stomped out to the car and slid behind the wheel, fighting off the urge to fume. He wasn’t one to sulk or pout. That wasn’t him. He didn’t want to act like a hormonal teenager or a love-struck fool who lived for the attention of his woman.

The dismissive way Astix had kicked him out set his teeth on edge. He drove back to the office with his hands clenched around the steering wheel and his emotions at war. He wanted to be strong for her. To be the kind of man who stepped up when there was trouble. No mistake about it—the woman was swimming in an ocean of the stuff. She just made it so damn difficult to be there when he knew he wasn’t wanted. What was it about her that made him keep coming back for more?

Was it the way her eyes gentled when she accepted and used her gift? The way her smile warmed around the edges when she dropped her walls? There were too many things to count.

Her sweet vulnerability was one of the many things he admired. It brought out the protector in him, made him want to shove her behind him and roar. He wouldn’t let his temporary banishment from her house deter him from pursuing what he wanted. The lump on the passenger seat caught his attention, and Leo reached over to finger the worry doll made in Astix’s image. Now he was glad he hadn’t told her about it.

He pulled into the parking space boasting his name on an engraved plate and indulged in a moment to take stock. All right, so maybe he hadn’t planned to seduce the woman tonight. She deserved all the finesse he could muster. The rejection still stung.

A keypad controlled the door and allowed him entry once he punched in a code. In a matter of moments, he was striding down the limestone-paved hall toward an office directly adjacent from a broom closet. Upward mobility, his father called it. Leo considered it calling in a favor based on hierarchy. At least his position gave him the opportunity to help the community. He couldn’t ask for more.

In any case, he’d made his bed with the Claddium. Nothing else would suit him now. He was too dedicated to his power, to the wellbeing of all elementals in the Great Lakes region. They were his people and his responsibility.

When Leo opened his office door to see his father seated complacently in the mahogany rolling chair, he was unsurprised.

“I heard you paid Astix a visit today,” Orestes said in lieu of a greeting. “Did you not get enough information out of her the other day?”

Leo closed the door behind him and waved a hand to make sure they could not be overheard. “I hear you did the same. Nice of you to tell me beforehand. Was staying late at the office for this little meeting a courtesy?”

“It was necessary.” Orestes studied his flawless nails, feigning disinterest.

“Scaring an innocent woman was necessary? I see.

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