Guardian's Grace by Jacqueline Rhoades

Author:Jacqueline Rhoades
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampires, paranormal, love story, supernatural, witches, vampire romance, pnr, roamance

Chapter 25

“Nardo!” Canaan shouted as he slammed through the door from the garage. Boxes and cans went tumbling to the floor.

Nardo was going to have to schedule someone else to do this job. Never in his one hundred and forty years had Canaan ever failed at something he’d decided to do. It was a humiliating experience. He was equipped to teach a trainee to shoot a dozen different weapons, throw anything that had a sharp edge, or strangle someone with anything that happened to be at hand. Shit, he had to teach them how to rip a demon’s heart out with their own bare hands. What he wasn’t equipped to do was teach Grace how to drive. It was exhausting and nerve wracking. Hell, it was downright frightening.

“It wasn’t that bad, Canaan.” Grace followed him through the door. She jogged to catch up with him and slid her hands about his waist. He stopped and breathed deeply when she pressed the side of her face against his back. “You’re such a big baby.” She slapped his back playfully.

“Nardo!” He turned in her arms and grasped her shoulders. “You could have gotten us killed.”

Grace tapped him on the nose with her finger. “Hey, big boy. Pay attention here. You’re Paenitentia. It’s going to take a lot more than a fender bender to kill you.” She giggled. “Even then you’d get a second shot.”

She slid from his arms and jogged backward into the kitchen. “No one was hurt. No damage was done. Although what you did to fix that guy’s fender was pretty impressive.” She stopped and put her fists to her hips, jutting out her chin, still laughing. “It wasn’t my fault anyway. I wouldn’t have slammed on the breaks and he wouldn’t have hit us if you hadn’t screamed ‘Stop!’ fifty feet before the sign.”

“I did not scream,” he said to Otto and Manon who were entering from the gym.

“He did, Uncle Otto.” Grace danced around the island to avoid Canaan’s grasp. “Screamed like a little girl. Squinched his eyes shut and grabbed the dash,” she mimicked her words, “and I’m pretty sure I saw a tear slide down his cheek.”

Nardo entered just as Canaan threw himself over the island, captured Grace and tossed her over his shoulder in a fireman’s carry. Grace squealed and playfully punched his back.

“Can’t take the heat, can you, big boy. Now the whole world knows you’re a big baby, a fraidy cat, a wimp, a wuss, a little weenie. Hey!” She laughed again when he smacked her behind. “All right, you’re not a little weenie, but the rest of it’s true.”

Nardo cleared his throat. “I hate to interrupt but when you have a chance, sir, I’d like to show you something.”

Canaan slid Grace along his chest to the ground. “Now’s as good a time as any.” He kissed the top of her head and followed Nardo down the hall. “I need to talk to you about some schedule changes in the duty roster.”

“This is why I forgive him.

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