Gale Season by Marie Harte

Author:Marie Harte [Harte, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 0857153978
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2010-10-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Arim stared at the outside of the club like an enemy he had no choice but to vanquish. Despite Aerolus’ words, he had a feeling Cadmus was out of his depth. The Dark magic seething within his nephew worried him, too much to sit back and wait for the little schemer to reappear at his whim.

A sudden elbow to his side caught his attention, and he glared at the hulking bruiser intent on shoving his way through the crowded line.

“I’m on the list,” the man slurred, his breath like a vat of soured ale.

With a disdainful frown, Arim relegated the xiantope to a non-threat and turned his attention back to the throng of overeager men and women dying to get into Outpour.

For once the club’s namesake didn’t forecast the weather. The chill in the spring air felt refreshing, despite Arim’s longing for the warmth of Tanselm. For all its quirks, this particular plane amused him more than any other world he’d found in years.

Passing his gaze over the crowd, he wasn’t surprised not to see Cadmus?or Lexa. Thoughts of the woman made his heart race and his palms sweat. Bitter amusement washed through him. How sad that just the thought of the traitorous female could still reduce him to a nervous lad of a few hundred years.

Steeling his reaction to the mere thought of her, he took a deep breath and headed to the alley behind the nightclub. Once assured of his seclusion, he used an omniscience spell to quickly scan inside the club. Spying an unoccupied corner draped in shadows, he teleported inside.

Exhaling heavily, he gathered his bearings and looked around. The omniscience spell certainly came in handy at times, but it took too much energy, and he couldn’t hold it for long.

He stepped out of the shadows and began weaving in and out of the crowd, his height giving him a clear advantage to scope the gathering. Had Cadmus not mentioned Lexa’s possible presence, Arim would have used a locator spell. But he wanted to keep his presence here fairly discreet. Of course, his physical presence would be noticed, but by toning down his aura, he would seem more a human look-alike than the great Arim, Sorcerer of Tanselm.

He planned on taking Lexa by surprise, and not the other way around.

Glancing about, he noted a familiar woman serving drinks at one of the bars. She was surrounded by men clamoring for her attention.

“Ellie,” he murmured, studying the woman who’d so captured Cadmus’ thoughts. If she was Djinn, she didn’t show it. She was certainly the loveliest woman in the club, but she didn’t possess the Djinn’s spark, that outer flame of darkness that crackled when it met the Light.

Ellie was, however, a sensual woman a man would be hard-pressed not to immediately desire. She was tall and slender, with an athletic frame that pleasingly carried full, rounded breasts. Her skin was not as pale as Alandra’s, but rather that of a woman who liked the sun. He mulled the thought, another detail that made her less a Djinn and more a xiantope female.

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