Legends of the Destrati by Dina James

Author:Dina James [James, Dina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lair of Doom
Published: 2015-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

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Katrina had been right.

The company had been a welcome change, and the conversation had been more interesting than he’d considered it might be. As with the hunt, one also became bored with seeing paths and futures and with hearing the thoughts of others.

Though far from omniscient, Kyle knew a great deal about a great many things—so much that he sometimes forgot all he knew and understood until he had cause to remember it. What he didn’t know immediately, he could easily learn through various means, but he tried to avoid infringing on the free will and privacy of others.

It was only polite—something many individuals, both ethereal and mortal, could do well to remember.

Nikolai had gone to oversee an issue in the Council chambers, though Katrina stayed behind to entertain their “guest.”

“If the queen is needed…” Kyle said, offering Katrina a low bow.

Katrina blushed.

“Stop that. I don’t feel like much of a queen, to be honest. I mean, just last year I was an American grad student on a spring break trip to London. Now I’m the wife…wife…of a gorgeous Russian guy who, as far as my mother knows, is some kind of banker, though Mom is thoroughly convinced Nik is part of the Mafia, running guns or drugs or something. Getting her to accept that he’s not only not any of those, but only a couple hundred years old and immortal, and oh, yeah, I am, too, thanks to him, is hard enough without throwing some kind of pseudo-royalty into it.”

Kyle was impressed. “My lady is displeased?” he asked, arching a brow at her.

“No, not really,” Katrina sighed, turning to the balustrade to look out into the dark garden lit only by the three-quarter moon. “It just…gets a little hard sometimes, you know? And these people…um…well, they’re not people, really, but they are…”

Katrina put her face in her hands and sighed again.

Kyle moved without effort and placed his hands on her shoulders. Without thinking about it, Katrina turned and rested her cheek against his chest.

His arms moved of their own accord to embrace her, and he rested his chin on the top of her head.

It was so natural…as though time had never ended, and—

Katrina looked up at him.

Kyle returned her look and shook his head as he felt her pushing at the edges of his mind.

“Now, now,” he murmured. “Stay out of my thoughts, my lady. You’ve learned much from Nikolai, but some things aren’t for your knowledge. Not even if I were Destrati. Besides, it’s impolite to enter without an invitation, and that doesn’t extend solely to this realm.”

“Who was she?” Katrina asked. k*1*2

Her arms slid around Kyle’s waist and held him firm as he tried to disengage.

“Tell me,” she insisted. “Yes, I’ve learned a lot from Nik, but no one needs any kind of special reading ability to see that you’re hurting badly over something. The way you came close, and knew what to do…you’ve comforted someone before. That so doesn’t mesh with everything I’ve been told about you.

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