Hunter Deceived by Nancy Corrigan

Author:Nancy Corrigan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wild Hunt;gods;demons;angels;fae;hunter sacrificed
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-12-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Calan took his time getting dressed. For one, he enjoyed Harley’s heated gaze on his ass every time he bent over. The main reason, however, stemmed from guilt. He took a few moments visiting each of his siblings, even the ones who’d long since stopped speaking. It felt wrong to leave them behind. Necessary, though.

He was the only one who hadn’t been condemned to suffer under the fairy curse. No, his punishment was worse. He’d been forced to stare at the dagger that would free his siblings, knowing he couldn’t use it.

Knowing he had failed in his duty to protect.

He hung his head.

“Why do you delay?”

Calan paused with his fingers around the laces of his boot. He drew Rhys’s image close. “I don’t want to leave you.”

“No lies, brother. You feel guilty because of the pleasure you’ve found in your fairy lover’s arms.” Rhys focused narrowed eyes on him. The disapproval in them was clear.

Calan held his brother’s stare without responding. He refused to argue with Rhys about Harley. There was no point. She was Calan’s choice.

Finally, Rhys shook his head. “You’ve told the others about your mate?”

Calan closed his dual-ringed eyes. “I can’t exactly hide it.”

“You’ve made a horrible mistake.” Rhys waited until Calan met his gaze. “The female is not worthy of you. She’ll cling to you and use you, not sacrifice and be the mate the leader of the Hunt needs to remain honorable.”

Harley stepped behind him and slipped her arms around his waist, pulling his attention from Rhys. She rubbed her cheek against Calan’s spine, and the tension in his muscles eased. “Are you okay? You’ve been staring at your shoes for several minutes.”

He pulled her in front of him and lifted her. She automatically linked her arms and legs around him. He kissed her deeply until the desire only she could stir in him flared.

He broke their lip lock and met Rhys’s eyes, the image of him held inside his mind. “She will be.” At Rhys’s sigh, Calan laid his cheek over her curls. “She is.”

“For all our sakes, I hope so, my brother. Go now. We will endure until you return.”

He let the connection to Rhys’s mind break. The loss of him hit Calan with another wave of guilt. Once he stepped out of his prison, he wouldn’t be able to connect with Rhys. Without Calan to keep his siblings linked, each Huntsman would suffer alone.

Harley skimmed her hands over his back, once more redirecting his thoughts to her. Her touch soothed him. He greedily took the comfort she offered even though it shamed him to do so. His siblings had no one to offer the same to them, no one to even talk to.

“We’ll free them, Calan.”

He turned his head, and Harley’s sultry eyes came into view. “I will free them once I transfer the curse back to Dar. I don’t want you anywhere near him.”

“Now that I’m mated to you, Dar will come after me, won’t he? To hurt you through me.

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