Love Beyond Loyalty by Rebecca Royce

Author:Rebecca Royce
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy erotic romance
Publisher: Silver Publishing
Published: 2012-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

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Drew looked down at his cell phone and couldn't help his smile. It was Marina's number. She'd somehow managed to get a hold of his cell phone number. That much ingenuity deserved an answer.

He spoke into the phone. "Hello, Marina."

He had to admit, he loved the way her name felt on his tongue. It was like music.

"Drew."

They were both silent. He could hear her breathe on the other end of the phone. There was something so intimate about sitting in silence with her. From a distance, he could almost let himself believe it might be possible for them to someday be together even though he knew it to be impossible when he thought rationally.

"Where are you?"

"I'm sitting in a train station." Waiting to board a railroad that would take him to Buffalo, New York. She didn't need to know where he was going.

"Why won't you come here?"

"We've discussed this." More than once. "We're never going to be together."

He quickly pushed down to the pit of his stomach the pain those words caused. It could fester in there with the rest of his angst.

"I don't want you to come to be with me."

Liar. He wouldn't call her out about her falsehood. She wanted him as much as he wanted her. That was the problem.

"Then why would I come to Maine? It's not foliage season."

He heard her slight chuckle. "You're funny. No, I want you to come to Maine to be an Outsider. Be with us, not me. We need you."

Closing his eyes, he wanted to scream with frustration. "All I would bring the group is trouble."

"That's not true. You saved Jason. He would have perished at the mental institution without you." She paused. "You saved me."

"You saved yourself, and who knows what would have happened with Dr. Jason."

"Say what you want. You and I both know you saved us."

Drew opened his eyes. "Up until the point you died and Jason, not me, brought you back to life."

"Drew…"

"Marina, I can't." He paused, and she would never know what it cost him to say what he had to say to her. "I just can't do this with you. Not now, maybe not ever. It's too hard for me."

"You could come here, and you could just try. Right now would be a great time. It's quiet. It's just Jason, Charma, Eden, and me. Eden is barely conscious. You could take a little time to get used to the place."

"It's not the place, Marina. As far as I'm concerned, one place is pretty much the same as any other." He stopped talking as what she'd just said registered in his clouded brain. "Where are the others? Where are Leonardo and Kal?"

They needed to be there to protect her. Dr. Jason was great, but he wasn't a Warrior. Where the hell were the ones responsible for keeping the women safe?

"They went with Gabe and Loraine to New Orleans to steal the books back from the demon."

Ah… hell.

"So you are completely unprotected in Maine?"

He stood up and looked at the sign flashing that indicated his train had just arrived.

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