Jinn: Exiles of the Realm by Adrienne Bell

Author:Adrienne Bell [Bell, Adrienne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Shay spent the rest of the evening feeling the constant play of ideas flowing through Nicole’s mind.

Most of the plans she came up with led nowhere, but he sensed that was her process. She filled her mind with possibility and worked her way through the options, refusing some immediately, taking her time to scrutinize others.

He’d never met another soul who thought quite the same way she did. Never felt anyone that was so…he struggled to put a name to her essence.

Pure? No, she was too filled with natural conflict for that.

Real? There had to be a better word.

Alive?

Even that didn’t fully encapsulate the special quality that glowed inside Nicole’s soul. The energy she radiated was unique. Something that was hers and hers alone.

Shay only knew how she made him feel. He’d never known a more delightful sensation. She burst with energy but wasn’t frantic. She was honest but not naive. Her flaws were on full display but she wasn’t a fool. She liked to believe she knew what she could handle, but she didn’t run from the truth when she was proven wrong.

He’d never met another soul like her. He was drawn in by her life.

And her beauty.

There was no denying his attraction to her. It was only growing stronger. Her soul’s glow made her features all the more appealing. Cleverness crackled in the deep warmth of her eyes. Her dark skin radiated with life. Her painted red lips tempted him to…

Shay turned his head away. Maybe it was better to take her example and lose himself in planning how to extricate themselves from this mess rather than get lost in baser thoughts.

Then again…

Both James Hook and Bron Douglas had already found love.

That made two exiles who’d done their part to break the second part of their banishment curse. Two men with wicked pasts who, by all accounts, had no right to expect good, strong hearts to find them worthy.

But it had happened.

And given the women that had fallen in love with them, it was no surprise that both James and Bron had fallen under the spell of that mortal emotion as well.

For a brief moment, looking over at Nicole, Shay wondered if it were possible for him as well. He’d never felt a pull like the one that tugged on him now, right in the center of his chest.

She illuminated the fathomless depth inside him, filled him with light. Her strength awed him. Her resolve against forces far stronger than herself was enthralling.

And then there was the way she looked at him.

The longing in her gaze that filled him with equal parts of desire and hesitation. The Heavens knew he wanted her. To taste her body like he now tasted her soul. To feel her inside and out. To satisfy every craving they shared.

Of course, right now probably wasn’t the best time to think of such things. It had only been a couple of hours since Marrow had threatened her life, and the weight of sleepiness was starting to drape over her shoulders.

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