Lover Behind Enemy Lines by Liv Olteano

Author:Liv Olteano [Olteano, Liv]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-833-1
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

AS soon as I woke up, I was a man with a mission. The only possible solution to my main problem became obvious to me as soon as I opened my eyes. I left Nathan still sleeping in my bed and went downstairs.

I walked toward the webs room with a mix of thoughts and desires that left me confused. On the one hand, Nathan offering to be so directly involved in the fight against his caster sister’s forces proved his loyalty to justice by and large and to us as a group—to me. On the other, the more directly involved he’d be, the more danger he was in and the tougher it might prove for him to get over all of this.

Whatever would happen between him and me from here on, I knew for sure that I’d do anything I could to make his life easier, if not happier.

The plan to involve him directly could backfire, too. Even if he had the best of intentions, we were talking about his sister—evil and estranged as she may be. I couldn’t picture Vivian being anything but cold and manipulative, but looking at her with objective eyes could paint an entirely different picture than that seen from the eyes of a guilt-ridden brother—no matter how justified that guilt was or wasn’t. I was pretty sure Nathan was guilty of nothing but a soft heart. And he seemed to be in shock, too, which meant he hadn’t been ready to accept the fact that his sister was the monster she truly was. That could come back to bite us in the ass. But there was only one way I could think of to keep Nathan as safe as I could, and benefit from his help as much as we could while keeping him safe.

When I arrived at the double doors, I sent Aashi my request to be invited in and explained in that request on what matter I needed her advice. She’d have to consult with the ancestors, maybe; if so, I wanted to get all those discussions out of the way in one go, if that was possible. Once I sent her my mental plea, I waited.

The grain of the doors’ wood caught my attention in a way it hadn’t before. If you looked closely enough, in some places the grain of the wood seemed to splinter into an array from a central point. It was a detail I must have seen so many times, and yet never given proper attention. Here I was now, staring at the wood and wondering if it was just my imagination or if the wood itself had an altered nature due to its use. The little central points with lines bursting from their centers were crossed by other lines in the grain of the wood, and the overall effect was oddly reminiscent of a spider’s web. Had it always been like this? I reached out and ran my fingertips over the smooth and slightly cool surface.

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