Forged by Jacquelyn Frank

Author:Jacquelyn Frank [Frank, Jacquelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, General, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 0349400792
Publisher: Random House LLC
Published: 2014-04-29T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

They boarded the plane and Kat stopped short, stunned by what she saw. But then she ignored the opulence of the jet and moved quickly into the cabin in order to allow Ahnvil the room to bring Karma on board. A short time later they were buckled in and taking off. She watched Ahnvil closely the entire time they were ascending, frustrated that they were seated apart from each other. She could see him hunching over into himself, running his hands through his dark hair repeatedly, sweat shining on his exposed skin. It was when he seemed to start talking to himself under his breath that she reached an all-new level of fear and concern. The minute the ding sounded that allowed her to take off her seat belt and go to him, she did, kneeling between his feet and rubbing his legs along his thighs.

“It’s all right,” she soothed him. “It’s going to be all right.”

“You doona know that!” he snapped roughly.

“I do know that!”

“If you know what is good for you, you’ll keep your distance,” he growled at her, another one of those animalistic sounds escaping him. A cross between a huff and a snarl.

“I know what’s good for you and I’m not going anywhere. I want you to talk to me. Tell me more about who you used to be.”

“A slave! A murderer! The sort of man who gets women killed!”

“What does that mean?” she asked carefully, anxiety in her belly in response to his dangerous words.

“There was a Templar woman. Jan Li. She helped me escape my captors … only … she paid for it with her life. She trusted me tae help get her free of those bastards and I failed her. Just like I’m going tae fail you. Only this time ’tis going tae be worse. Much worse. Because you never asked for any of this. You never knew you were going tae be risking your life. ’Tis my fault you’re here at all. That cursed necklace. I would rip it off you if I thought I could do it wi’out hurting you.”

“It’s my fault for putting it on in the first place,” she said softly.

“How the hell would a mortal woman like you even know something like an Amulet came with a curse and certain power attached tae it? In your world things like that should only be make believe.”

“I’m glad I’m not in that world anymore,” she said fiercely. “I’m glad I know it’s all an illusion. I’m glad I’m aware of the nature of things in the world around me.”

“You could have gone the rest of your life, safe and content and no’ knowing abou’ any of it.”

“But I didn’t and I won’t and that’s okay,” she insisted.

“ ’Tis no’ okay tae me,” he said, his tone softening as his hand came out, running along her head and through her hair, the roughness of his calluses catching on the strands. “Jesus God, you’re beautiful,” he said after a moment. It made her smile.

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