Into the Light by Tami Lund

Author:Tami Lund [Lund, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2014-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Early the next morning, Cecilia burst into Olivia’s bedchamber, as was her custom, without knocking first.

“Olivia, I have to ask you something. Would you consider—oh my lights!” She gasped the last, when she stopped short, just a few feet from the bed, where Olivia was crouched on all fours, a positively massive, highly attractive, and very naked man poised behind her. For just the briefest moment in time, Cecilia thought it was Dane, and that Olivia had finally gone off the deep end.

But then she realized that Dane was not nearly that big—any part of him—and that Olivia would never, in a million years, do that with Dane. And then she realized—

“Is that Tanner?”

Olivia and Tanner both gave a start and flipped around to face Cecilia. Tanner grabbed at the sheet, stuffed it into his lap, and then tried to cover up Olivia. She batted his hand away.

“She’s seen me naked a million times,” she explained as she climbed off the bed and donned a short silk robe.

“What is Tanner doing in your bedchamber?”

“It wasn’t obvious?” Tanner asked.

“Well, yes, but…But here?” Cecelia blustered. “In the beach house? The king’s beach house.” Cecilia could not imagine that her cousin had introduced the handsome shifter to her parents, nor that they accepted that she was sleeping with the man.

“You need to lock your bedroom door,” Tanner commented to Olivia.

“It wouldn’t matter,” Olivia replied. “Cecilia can get in anyway. Although, it would be nice if you knocked,” she scolded her cousin.

“I’ve never knocked on your door a day in my life,” Cecilia replied. “But then again, you’ve never had a shifter in your bed before. Or any man, for that matter.”

“That’s cheering,” Tanner commented. Olivia ignored him.

“I can explain,” she started, but Cecilia cut her off.

“You’re glowing,” Cecilia commented to Tanner.

Olivia glanced at Tanner and then turned back to her cousin. “Yes. We assume that is because—because…” She cleared her throat and did not continue.

“Because you are having sex with him?” Cecilia suggested.

“We believe so,” Olivia admitted, sounding miserable about the fact.

“So your father had it wrong,” Cecilia said, looking at Tanner.

“So it seems,” he said carefully, as he tried to pull on his jeans without letting Cecilia see any more of him than was proper. Cecilia rolled her eyes and waved her hand in an impatient gesture and Tanner’s jeans lifted to his waist of their own accord.

“Thanks,” he said uncertainly, as he fastened the button at the waist.

“I assume Aunt Genevieve and Uncle Sander do not know?”

“Of course not,” Olivia said on a gasp, and then she gave Tanner a guilty look.

“I figured as much. I imagine Uncle Sander would have you and—” Olivia cut her off before she could complete the sentence.

“Cici, did you need something?”

Cecilia shrugged. “Just wondering what you were doing today. I’m bored.”

“Well, we were—” Olivia cut off Tanner’s undoubtedly smart-aleck comment.

“You won’t tell Mother and Father, will you?” Olivia asked earnestly.

“Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me. Although a word of advice: I’d figure out a way to tell your parents before your mother’s next party.

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