Grayslake: More than Mated: Beneath the Surface (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Reina Torres

Author:Reina Torres [Torres, Reina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-08-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

When the doorbell rang, Grace didn’t want to see who it was, but her aunt was resting in her bedroom and if someone woke her up she was going to have to kill them. As she stepped up behind the door she took a chance to pull back the curtain that hung over the window to the right of the door.

What did it say about her that she was more than a little disappointed that Noah was standing on the front doorstep? Fighting to put a more neutral expression on her face, she pulled the door open. “What’s up?”

“What’s up?” He laughed, but his tone wasn’t any better than his fake smile. “You certainly know how to make a guy feel welcome.”

“I just have a lot on my mind.” Her mind, yes. But it was the constant shiver of sensations that had been running through her body since Travis had nearly had her naked behind the diner, that made it literally impossible for her to get any kind of relaxation or calm. “I was lying down when you knocked.” She wanted to invite him to sit and chat, or maybe watch something on television, but the nagging combination of guilt and doubt were making a strong case for her to close the door and turn off the lights.

“I think we need to talk.” Noah’s tone had lost any humor, forced or otherwise.

“I’d rather we not.” Grace tried not to see the confusion on his face. “It’s been a long couple of days and I really need just a few days to get my head on straight.”

She gave him a look but he didn’t take the hint.

“Noah, come on, I mean, I know we’re just doing,” she made a half-hearted gesture between them, “this to make your leader-”

“The Itan.”

The reminder sounded like it was one of those things you just repeated because that’s what you’d been told to do. It was memorized, something she would have to learn to do if this whole ruse was going to work. “Yes, so that the Itan won’t rip me open and feed me to…” Grace stopped for a moment and fiddled with the knot-work frog button at her neck, “what exactly would happen to me if I didn’t-”

“Mate someone in the clan?” He paled and swayed a little before he spoke. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard what happens. I know I’ve never seen it.”

“Well that seems like a pretty sure-fire way of getting women. Join up or die.”

Noah didn’t laugh. His lips didn’t even move. “It’s not funny, Grace. This isn’t a joke!”

“I know it’s not.” She nudged him outside and closed the door behind them. “And you lower your voice! My aunt has had a lot of visitors lately and a lot of stress. She needs to relax or she’ll never get any better.”

Noah tried to pull her closer for a hug, but she wouldn’t let him. She kept her feet firmly planted on the wooden floor of the porch.

“I’m all for your aunt getting better, Grace.

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