Midnight Breed 8 - Taken by Midnight by Adrian Lara

Author:Adrian, Lara
Language: eng
Format: epub

Midnight Breed 8 - Taken by Midnight

Chapter Fifteen

Earth to Jenna. Everything okay with you?"

“Huh? Oh. Yeah, I'm fine.” Jenna glanced up at Alex, snapping herself out of the daze that had been hijacking her focus all night. Ever since Brock's unexpected B&E in her room a few hours ago. To say nothing of the incredible sex that had preceded it. “Just lost in my thoughts, I guess.”

“That's exactly why I asked,” Alex said. “You've been somewhere else since you sat down with me here tonight.”

“I'm sorry. It's nothing to worry about. Everything is fine.”

Jenna picked up her fork and chased a bite of salmon around her plate.

She wasn't hungry, but when Alex had fetched her for a quiet dinner together in her quarters, Jenna couldn't deny that she welcomed her best friend's company. She wanted to pretend, if only for a little while, that things were the same as they'd been in Alaska just a few weeks ago--before she'd known about her brother's corruption and death, before she'd learned about vampires and alien biotechnology and accelerated DNA mutations.

Before she'd compounded all of her problems by getting naked with Brock.

“Hello?” Across the table from her, Alex watched her over the rim of her beer glass. "FYI, in case you're wondering, you're doing it again, Jen.

What's going on with you?"

“I suppose you mean other than the obvious,” Jenna replied, pushing aside her plate and leaning back in her chair.

She stared at her friend, the most sympathetic, supportive person she knew--the one person, aside from Brock, who'd given her the strength she needed to get through the worst of her life's ordeals. Jenna realized she owed Alex more than the usual don't-​worry-​about-​me facade. Never mind the fact that Alex had the ability to see through any bullshit with her built-​in lie detector, courtesy of her Breedmate genetics.

Jenna took a slow breath and let it out on a sigh. “Something happened earlier. Between Brock and me.”

“Something ... happened?” Alex looked at her in silence for a moment before her brow knit into a frown. “Are you saying ...”

“Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.” Jenna got up from the table and began clearing her place setting. “I was in the war room alone, after everyone had gone to bed. Brock came in, and we started talking, then we started kissing. Things got really intense, really quickly. I don't think either one of us meant for it to happen.”

Alex followed her into the kitchen. “You and Brock ... slept together?”

she asked. “You had sex in the war room?”

“God, no. We just kissed in there. On the conference table. The sex came later, in his quarters. Or, rather, my quarters.” Jenna felt a blush creep into her cheeks. She wasn't used to discussing her intimate life--mainly because she hadn't had one in a very long time. And certainly never anything as out of control as what she and Brock had shared. “Oh, for crissake, don't make me spell out every detail. Say something, Alex.”

She stared, somewhat slack-​jawed. “I'm, um .

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