Harley-Awakening by Claudy Conn

Author:Claudy Conn [Conn, Claudy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires, occult, magic, werewolves, fae, Shifters, sexy romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

~ Nine ~

I DIDN’T KNOW what time it was when he wrapped us in the king-sized quilt and shifted us to his balcony, but I thought it was around midnight.

“Look at the stars, Harley love,” he said.

I noticed once again that his accent was not quite Irish anymore and asked, “Kian, you’re an immortal, not really Irish, right? So why the Irish accent?”

“My first years …” He looked at me doubtfully for a moment as though I might be shocked. “… thousands of years ago, were happily spent in Ireland—beautiful Eire. We lived amongst the people there, and their Gaelic, which we adopted, bled into my own native tongue.” He sighed and studied the stars. “Do my years … disturb ye?”

“No. There is a touch of Old World behind everything you do, and that explains it. I like explanations,” I said and snuggled against him.

“Aye, as do I. So, soon, very soon, I’ll be asking for one … about ye and the past ye have come from,” he whispered into my ear and then kissed and nibbled at my lobe.

Oh hot damn, but everything he did drew on me in ways I never thought possible.

“I will tell you more when you tell me,” I said.

“I just did.” He cast a quizzical look at me.

I punched him the gut, and he grunted and laughed. “No, you didn’t … not really.”

“Lass, I’m not sure it is a matter of trust ye are looking for,” he answered.

“What do you think I am looking for?” I answered and heard the husky note in my voice with some surprise. Who the hell was I? Was I still my own person? Was I becoming his?

“Never mind,” he said. “Focus on the here and now and what we have to do.”

“But—”

“I trust ye, Harley, so I’ll tell ye something that might help. M’real name is Kianet of the House of Hara. Not so very different from the Irish name of Kian O’Hara.” He shrugged. “An easy fit for what I had to do here.”

“The House of Hara?” Why did that sound so familiar? “Easy fit? What you had to do here?”

“Another time. Right now the time is for this,” he said and kissed my mouth, effectively silencing me.

When his mouth released mine I could see a feral, almost savage possessiveness in his demeanor, and I wondered at it.

He whispered, “Harley, I’m worried about ye. Ye killed someone today when they were in human form. Granted, ye had no choice, but how do ye feel?”

I saw the genuine concern on his face and allowed him an answer. “I feel like … well, have you ever been bitten by a mosquito and slammed him dead on your flesh? That is how I feel. He was worse than a mosquito because his bite … well, never mind.” I had almost spilled it all out, but I wasn’t ready. Telling him would make me relive the day. I didn’t want to—not then.

He looked at me then and asked quietly, “Are ye ready then to tell me about your clan … about Banks?”

“No, not tonight.

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