Linked by K. R. Fajardo

Author:K. R. Fajardo [Fajardo, K. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing
Published: 2016-04-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

When Maya awoke the next morning, she was delighted to realize, that for the first time since her arrival to the Tower, Jarod was still by her side. Granted it was most likely because she had him pinned beneath her, but Maya didn’t care. She knew if he had wanted to leave bad enough he could have lifted her off of him with ease. But he hadn’t; he had stayed the whole night on the couch with her leaning against him and hadn’t moved a muscle. And for Maya that small act meant more to her than all the gold and precious gems inside the Tower. Stretching the stiffness from her muscles, Maya twisted around and looked up to see him wide awake, watching her. Thinking he must be sore from spending the entire night sitting upright like that, she pushed herself off him.

“Did you sleep?” she asked, brushing her fingers through her hair to try and straighten the tangled strands.

“No,” he groaned, leaning forward to stand.

Fascinated, Maya watched as Jarod stood and began stretching and flexing his own stiffness away. Tall, dark, and handsome, with muscles that would give the ancient gods envy, the man was a marvel to behold. Watching him made Maya suddenly self-conscious about her own tiny, underdeveloped frame. While most Full-bloods grew and developed well into their mid to late twenties, Maya had stopped at seventeen, leaving her with a face and body forever frozen in a child-like youth. Could a man like him ever truly find a girl like her attractive? Especially when there were women out there that looked like Jade.

Jarod moved across the room to the windows and pulled open the shades. The early morning rays shone in, casting its light over the room and snapping her from her self-loathing.

“Were you uncomfortable? If so you should have said something, we could have gone to the bed.”

Puzzled, Jarod turned his gaze upon her. “Maya, you have been here for months, you must have realized by now that I don’t sleep.”

“At all?” she asked, thinking back on all those nights. But try as she might, Maya couldn’t picture one night since her arrival that she had seen him fall asleep. Now that she actually thought about it, she had always dozed off first and had just assumed he had fallen asleep as well.

“Very rarely, and if I do it’s never more than a few hours.” He returned to working on the windows. “That’s why I get up and wander the hallways. I didn’t want to disturb you by stirring around in here while you were asleep.”

“I thought you were trying to avoid me,” she muttered, rubbing her face with her hands.

Frowning, Jarod returned to her side. He offered her his hand and pulled her to her feet, then stood staring down on her.

“I know I am not an easy person to be around,” he said softly. Cupping her face in his giant hand, he gently raised her chin so she was looking him in the eye.

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