Maggie Shayne - 05 Born In Twilight by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Really, Jameson,” Roland sighed. He turned from staring at the door Angelica had just closed, to face Jameson, his black satin cloak swirling theatrically.

“Was that really called for?”

Jameson closed his eyes and shook his head. “She thinks we’re all monsters.

Worse than the devil himself,” he said, but he was tired. And putting a scare into the holier than thou Angelica hadn’t given him the pleasure he’d half hoped it would. Acting as if sex with him were going to damn her soul hadn’t exactly endeared her to him. She’d been so hungry for him, so wonderfully passionate in his arms…and then, she’d been disgusted by her own actions.

Disgusted by him.

It infuriated him!

“Was it really her who attacked you that night?” Tamara asked, her delicate brows lifting.

“Yes.”

“But why, Jameson? Has she told you why?”

He paced to the settee, and sank onto it, sighing. “She hasn’t. But I have a pretty good idea.” They were all waiting, expectant eyes on him. “Look, I’ll explain it all later. Right now, we need to find Amber Lily and ‘”

“Amber Lily?” Tamara said, her eyes widening, her lips softening in a tremulous smile. “Oh, Jamey, that’s beautiful.”

And he couldn’t help smiling back.

“Yes, and so is she,” he said. “Angel says that her eyes are wide and round and dark, and that her hair is curly.”

“Angel?” Tamara frowned. “That’s an odd thing to call a woman you seem so…angry with.”

Jameson averted his eyes. Unusual, indeed. It was a damned term of endearment. When had he slipped into the habit of calling her that? It had begun as a sarcastic barb. But it had become more.

“Jamey?” Tamara said, searching his face. “Are you sure there isn’t something more going on betwe ”

“Enough of this sentimental nonsense.”

Rhiannon’s voice filled the room with its tone of command, and Tamara cut herself off. “I do believe we have a situation here that needs attention. That woman in the next room attempted to murder one of us. Our own Jameson.

And I, for one, am not about to let such a crime go unpunished.”

She took a step toward the bedroom.

Jameson’s stomach clenched. Jesus, what had he done? He’d been furious with Angelica, yes, but why had he run his mouth the way he had? Rhiannon’s temper was nothing less than explosive…especially when someone she cared about was hurt. He jumped from his seat and stepped into her path, holding his hands up. “Rhiannon, no!

Wait ”

“Wait?” she said, lifting her brows.

“That creature fed on you. Tried to murder you, and you tell me to wait?‘”

Jameson looked past her, searching Roland’s eyes for assistance. Roland only shrugged. “She does have a point.”

“Of course I do. I’ll never forget the way we found you, Jameson, lying there near death in that crumbling ruin! The woman must pay. Now step aside and let me deal with her.”

“Dammit, Rhiannon, it wasn’t like you think!”

She narrowed her eyes. “Move on your own, darling, or I’ll do it for you.”

“No. Listen to me, dammit. She’d only just been brought over, and she thought that made her some kind of monster.

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