Immortal Kiss by J.K. Coi

Author:J.K. Coi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Baron watched Max as she slept. He hadn’t been able to sleep himself, so he just held her in his arms, listening to her feminine snores and waiting for the dream to end.

He knew morning had come and was glad for the windowless room. It was easy to forget that his childhood love was now a vampire, what with Max lying so peacefully beside him, her body warm and pulsing with life even in sleep, but it was true nevertheless, and he wanted to make sure she was kept safe from the sun.

There were so many things that he should be doing right now, not least of which was going out with Alric to search for Devon.

And still he stayed.

He stayed and he remembered.

Baron had spent so many years doing everything possible not to think about Max or about what he had thrown away by leaving her. Now those memories bombarded him.

Surprisingly, it was a lot of little things that popped into his head. Like the way she had to peel off not only the skin but every piece of white stuff from her orange before eating it, or that she liked peanut butter and banana, but not peanut butter and jam. He remembered how Max had looked at his mother as if she’d hung the moon. He thought of the way she was with Jackson, never treating him like an invalid because of his illness, but showing him all the love and compassion of a true friend.

It was because of all those things that Baron had thought it would be best to stay far away from her. Especially after his transition. Being with her had been a mistake. He’d known that if he stayed, the two of them would eventually get together for real. He wouldn’t have been strong enough to resist her for long—even for Jackson. So he’d left, and he’d tried to pack the void where his heart used to be with other women. Lots of other women. But it hadn’t made a difference, only dulled the pain and filled him with self-loathing.

After his transition, Baron had poured all his frustration and energy into training with Rhys and Alric and the twins. It had seemed to work for him a little better than fucking every skirt in town. He’d focused his pent-up aggression and regret into gutting demons, and found he was damn good at it.

When he’d heard about his mother’s stroke, he couldn’t not go home. But even then he’d known it would be for the last time.

He hadn’t planned to see Max while he was there, but he should have known it would be impossible not to.

She was too capable and strong not to be right there with Jackson taking care of everything. Lorraine Silver hadn’t technically been her family, but that was just biology. All of them had taken Max into their home as a part of their family that first day she’d showed up with Jackson’s homework under her arm and made him her friend.

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