Five Kinds of Love (The True and the Crown Book 5) by May Dawson

Author:May Dawson [Dawson, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

That night, back in our hotel room, the guys turn on a football game. Apparently, they find the whole concept hilarious. Even Mycroft laughs when someone gets sacked on the television.

Shaking my head, I catch Rian’s hand and tug him away. “Have you heard from Devlin?” I ask.

He shakes his head. “I’ve been trying to reach out to him.”

I rake my hand through my hair. “I’m so worried about him.”

“He’s the Fox,” he reminds me, twining his fingers in my hair the same way Devlin does. Although they’re so different in some ways, they share so many of the same gestures, the same mannerisms. They studied each other to pick up the same mannerisms, to make the Fox into one person.

Now that I know what to look for, the Fox is always there:: it’s in the way they lean in a doorway, the slow, teasing smile, the way they look at me as if they see right through me.

I still don’t know which one of them I was with when they were the Fox. It’s so hard to figure out sometimes where Rian leaves off and Devlin begins; it’s almost as if they’re brothers, like twins, even though they come from different families, different countries.

I chew my lip, still worried, and Rian reminds me, “Devlin and I are well-versed at getting ourselves into and out of trouble, don’t forget.”

“I know.” I try to make myself smile. “I guess I won’t feel…right…until we’re all together.”

“Then we’ll make that happen,” Rian promises me, no matter how impossible it might be.

My lips twist. We’re all trying to be honest with each other, aren’t we? But it’s in the nature of these men to make impossible promises, and to keep dangerous secrets. They want to protect me and spoil me.

It’s sweet. But it’s not what I need.

“Tera?” Rian asks.

I shake my head. “You were right. In the fortune teller’s shop. We shouldn’t be keeping any secrets.”

“Oh,” he says. His face is troubled as he shoves his hand into his pocket. “Usually, I feel more excited when someone tells me I’m right.”

He makes me smile, no matter what else is on my mind. I lean up on my tiptoes to graze his cheek with a kiss.

These few days feel like a respite, and seeing Rian bond with Cax, Mycroft and Airren means so much to me.

He catches me with a hand in the small of my back, firm and possessive, and turns to capture my lips with his. I deepen the kiss, savoring his mouth against mine, then break away.

“If you’ll excuse me,” I say, “I have some secret-keeping men to scold.”

He raises his hands in a placating gesture, his expression playful. “I don’t want any of that.”

I grin at him over my shoulder as I head back toward the television.

“Yes!” Cax shouts, at the same time as Airren groans, rubbing his hand over his face. Mycroft just grins again. Someone must have gotten hurt.

“Is there some kind of enchantment on—” I start to ask, staring at the screen, which doesn’t seem all that exciting.

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