Lost (The Allure Chronicles Book 3) by Alyssa Rose Ivy

Author:Alyssa Rose Ivy [Ivy, Alyssa Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

11

Daisy

“Didn’t we take a walk already?” I glanced at the small gap in the blinds Sol had left open.

“That wasn’t a long walk.”

“It wasn’t.” But I wasn’t sure a walk was going to help anything.

“Would you prefer to stay here? Perhaps move to my bedroom?” His eyes heated just enough that his words set off the usual alarm. Desire. The last thing I needed.

“Very funny.”

“It’s not exactly a joke, although that would go completely against protocol.”

“Good thing I’m not interested then.” I crossed one arm over my chest and held my elbow.

“Good thing.” He watched me like an animal watching its prey. He was searching for weaknesses. Immortal or not, I had my fair share of those.

“So where are we walking?”

“I’m going to make coffee first.” He walked over to a coffee maker on one of the granite countertops in the kitchen that was open to the living room.

“Coffee? You need a caffeine fix?” I said to his back.

“We both do,” he called over his shoulder.

“I’m not tired.” I wished I were. Then I could fall into a dream.

“We both need caffeine.” He repeated himself.

“Why am I always surrounded by people who think they know what’s best for me?”

“I don’t know, maybe you should be asking yourself that question.”

His response wasn’t what I expected. “Who says I wasn’t?”

“You said it out loud, which implied you were asking me.”

“No it doesn’t. It could have been a rhetorical question.”

“But it wasn’t.” He ground coffee beans.

I waited for the loud grinding to finish. “How would you know?”

“I’m a Seer.” He brought the coffee pot over to the sink and turned on the tap.

“But are you seeing me?”

“I don’t know, am I?” He watched me yet still knew exactly when to turn off the water.

“Ugh.” I wasn’t in the mood for him to keep pushing questions back on me. “You’re annoying.”

He poured the water into his coffee maker.

“You actually use an old fashioned one.” I pointed to the simple black coffee maker.

“As compared to?”

“You seemed like the little single-use cup coffee guy.”

“Why would you think that?” He leaned back against the far counter.

“Because it’s faster.”

“I need a full pot.”

“Even when it’s just you?” From as far as I could tell he lived alone.

“Yes.” Something resembling amusement crossed his face, making me wonder for a second if he could read my thoughts.

“Well then I guess I should feel honored you want to share with me.”

He nodded. “You should.”

“Great. Glad that’s established.”

He poured the ground coffee beans into the machine. “You have a lot of allure.”

“Uh, I do?”

He turned toward me. “Normally Allures can’t use it on me.”

“I’m not doing anything.”

“I know.”

“So…”

“Your appeal. It’s how you can manipulate humans. I’m not human, but the appeal is working.”

“Yeah, I seem to create more desire in people than most.”

“But I’m not human.” He leaned over the island toward me. “It shouldn’t work.”

“Maybe you just find me attractive.” Modesty had also gone out the window. Having confidence and showing it worked wonders. Too bad I hadn’t discovered that as a human.

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