Mere Passion by Daisy Harris

Author:Daisy Harris [Harris, Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Erotica, Fiction, Paranormal, General
ISBN: 9781610340212
Google: vPNHYgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1610340213
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: 2011-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Alara shuffled from foot to foot before the dragon who’d appeared at the door. His bitter chocolate eyes shot daggers at her, and his arrogant jaw clenched. His stance was more than a little hostile, but Alara saw past it to his pain. She bowed her head.

“I owe you an apology, Kai.” She spoke in measured words, kind but not submissive.

“For not telling me about the kidnapping?” he asked with a mocking scowl.

“Yeah, I suppose you would have heard about that by now.” Her shoulders slumped. She felt so damned defeated. There was no use worrying about how he'd found out. She’d come for a purpose and wouldn’t back down. “And also for how I treated you this morning.”

She didn’t look up at him, but heard the whoosh of air that left his chest at her statement. Tension crackled in the air between them, pulling her to him as if with magnetic force. “I meant what I said about us not sleeping together again, but I should have been clearer about why.” Still not looking up, she felt him move closer. He was so close now his heat warmed the exposed flesh of her arms.

“Why then?” That soothing deep rumble caressed her. Despite all that had happened that day, she relaxed into the feeling. Taking a deep breath, she allowed the words to pour at all at once. “Because if we kept screwing, I’d start to…well, I’d get used to it and miss you when you left.” She pressed her eyes closed and felt her lips pursed tight as well. If he laughed or teased, she would rip his fucking—

“I understand, Alara.”

Her gaze rose to meet his. “You do?”

Thank the gods. His face was cool, friendly, relaxed—not mocking. “Yes. You are wise in your choice. I too might become attached if we were to continue.” As usually, his answer was solemn, like an oath. For some reason, it tore at her worse than if he’d teased her.

She swallowed hard to appear unaffected. “Well, so long as that’s cleared up. I need to ask you for something.”

A small but sly grin crossed his face, as if he knew how much is cost her to come to him. “You don’t even have to ask, Alara, you know I will help you.”

Her smile came naturally. Deep down she’d known he would. “Great, I have some documents I’d like you to take a look at.”

She brought them to the small table in his bedroom and laid them out. They poured over the details for about an hour, but then she had to go. “Kai, I’m going to leave these with you. I have something I need to do tonight.”

He raised an eyebrow at her deliberate vagueness. “Good evening then, Alara.”

She could tell he wanted to ask her where she was going, but thankfully he held his tongue. If Kai knew her destination, he’d probably try to talk her out of it.

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