Heart Mate by Robin D. Owens

Author:Robin D. Owens
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Man-woman relationships, Mate selection, Fantasy fiction, Extrasensory perception, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Life on other planets, General, Psychics, Love stories
ISBN: 9780425212400
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published: 2006-08-01T06:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Ten

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Seeing them, Tinne tried to stop. He skidded on mud and flailed past them. Danith watched as he windmilled and finally found his feet.

Zanth yowled. One young man stumbled over him. It activated his collar.

"You!" shouted the fierce hologram of T'Ash.

The boys lurched back, away from the apparition. T'Ash took advantage of their confusion and joined his image. Danith shivered at the eerie sight of twin T'Ashes.

"Know you that this is my Fam, Zanthoxyl. Harm him and you answer to me!"

The teenagers faced both the holo and real T'Ash. Equally intimidating. The solid one didn't bother with words. Only a growl issued from his lips as he began stalking the group, unaware or uncaring that they outnumbered him nine to one.

The Holly flew by Danith to join T'Ash. He was laughing.

Nine to two.

Steady light from the twinmoons and flickering light from fire gleamed down their naked blades. Both T'Ash's broadsword and the long dagger-sword Holly held were nothing like Danith had ever seen before and they both cut nasty patterns in the air.

Holly danced small steps, ready for fighting. Danith could see a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth. He licked it away with relish.

T'Ash crouched in a predatory stance. Measuring his bulk, particularly next to Tinne Holly, Danith saw he would have made three of the youth. She glanced at the band of young nobles, now warily treading backward. None of them was much more substantial than Tinne. They were wild boys, in their first flush of youth.

T'Ash was a man grown, solid with muscle built by work at the forge, with strong, well-defined arms, shoulders, thighs.

Four to nine?

Danith wanted to run. The atmosphere pulsed with raging male hormones, primed for violence.

She couldn't.

She was barefoot.

There wasn't even any good place to hide.

Unless she wanted to crawl on her belly in filth to a hole in the south wall.

She wondered if a fight could be averted. The thought made her blood freeze, because she knew if she had the thought, she would have to follow up with action.

She stepped from the shadows, trying to attract the attention of the young men. But she wore black and their wide-eyed gazes were fixed in horrified fascination on T'Ash.

She eyed the Holly. Despite the ripped sleeve and tunic, he looked like a gentleman, much like his brother, Holm Holly. She didn't think he'd let her stand beside him. And it was impossible to outmaneuver T'Ash.

She made a wide circle around Holly, who was humming to himself. He didn't see her until too late.

Danith licked her lips. "Let me introduce you young gentlemen. This is T'Ash."

One gulped. The others seemed to go even more motionless.

"Danith!" A whiplash order from T'Ash.

"This is Zanth," she continued.

The Fam prowled to her side and sat, then grinned with all his teeth showing.

"This is Tinne Holly, of the fighting Hollys." Danith knew that much.

"And I am…" She sucked in a deep breath, ready to use her clout as a noble for the first time.

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