Fates Entwined by Jules Barnard

Author:Jules Barnard [Barnard, Jules]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fresh Fiction
Published: 2016-11-14T06:00:00+00:00

17

Portia and most of her soldiers left. Two stayed behind and stood outside the doorway, presumably to ensure Reese was taken directly to her room.

She rolled away from Keen and sat facing him with her arms wrapped around her knees. “What now?” she asked.

He stood and pulled on his shirt. “You do nothing.”

“Bullshit!” She leapt to her feet.

One of the guards glanced back, but otherwise remained with his back to them.

“Not now,” Keen said quietly. “Later, my love, we can continue what we started.”

Reese rolled her eyes. “You wish,” she muttered, so that only he heard.

Keen escorted her to her bedroom, but instead of leaving, he walked inside. He went to close the door behind him, but one of the guards stopped him.

“The queen wishes it to remain open.”

Keen tilted his head, power radiating off him. “Jacob, have you forgotten who your new master of the guards is?”

“No, sir.” Jacob glanced nervously at Reese. “But the queen—”

“Put me in charge,” Keen said. “And as you witnessed earlier, I have the Halven well in hand.” He grinned licentiously, and Reese fought to not roll her eyes again. “Now, if you don’t mind, we’d like some privacy. You may tell the queen that Reese’s ability presented, and that she is an empath. Such an innocuous power. She cannot create fireballs or paralyze the body with a touch. We are safe from her mundane Halven ability.” Keen closed the door in the guard’s face.

He’d downplayed her ability, but he also spoke truth. Reese wished her Halven powers were stronger, though they had been useful tonight. She had identified a Fae who wished them harm, and she’d confirmed that Theda’s trust in Amund wasn’t misplaced. That was something.

Keen tilted his head, as though listening. “Jacob departs to speak with the queen. The other three guards wait outside, but they believe we are…”

“Getting it on?”

He shrugged.

She paced the room. “You can’t stay here. I need to talk to Elena, and you can’t be around when I do.”

He moved closer. “You must not interfere in Theda’s plans, whatever they are. Stay clear of Elena and her mother, and whoever else they have helping them.”

She shook her head and laughed bitterly. “I’m not sure why you care whether I’m harmed or not; you’ve managed to thoroughly confuse me as far as how you feel. But I can tell you one thing. There is no way I’m not getting involved. I will. I am.”

His face tensed with anger. He spun on his heel, strode to the door, and opened it. “She is yours to protect,” he told the men outside, then stormed away.

Reese turned her back and flattened her hands to her face.

They weren’t good for one another. He didn’t want to be attracted to her, and she didn’t want to be with someone who didn’t respect her.

“Reese?”

Reese wiped her hands down her face, closeting away the emotions that threatened to overtake her. She turned to find Illa standing in the doorway. Concern filled her sister’s face and mind.

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