North of Need (ARC) by Kaye Laura

Author:Kaye, Laura [Kaye, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, goddesses, gods, paranormal romance, fantasy romance, hearts in darkness, North of Need, forever freed, Laura Kaye, contemporary romance, anemoi, blizzard, snow, Romance Speculative Fiction, weather, magic, snowmen, winter, igloo
ISBN: 9781937044879
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Published: 2011-10-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

A persistent mechanical growl pulled Megan from sleep the next morning. The sound was so foreign, she bolted upright, listened.

The fog lifted from her brain. Mr. Johansson, here to dig her out.

“What’s going on?” came Owen’s groggy voice.

She pecked him on the cheek, slid out from under him. “The man who takes care of my driveway when it snows.” Her skin erupted in goose bumps, the morning air so cool against her nakedness. “Usually he calls…” She tugged on clothes, then dashed to the bathroom, realizing as she did so she hadn’t heard from anybody in days. Odd.

When she returned to the bedroom, Owen was sitting on the edge of the bed, sheet draped across his lap but otherwise bare. She wedged herself between his thighs and threaded her arms around his neck. His kisses tempted her to stay, to push him back onto the mattress, but Mr. Johansson was a talker. He’d be knocking at the door sooner or later if she didn’t come out on her own. “Sorry. Be back in a bit. Go back to sleep if you want.”

“Nah. It’s no problem.”

She ducked in for one last kiss, then left him with a lightness in her step.

Opening the door, she was pleasantly surprised by the milder temperature. Granted, it was still cold, but it wasn’t biting like the day they built the igloo. The morning sun made everything glitter and shine. Winter’s beauty buoyed her spirits even more.

From the steps of the porch, she waved a hand over her head. Mr. Johansson signaled back from his perch on the big yellow tractor, perhaps a hundred yards down the long curved drive from the cabin. Mounds of snow lined both sides where he’d already plowed.

Since it would take him a while to get to the top of the driveway, she went back inside and made twice as much coffee as she normally would, knowing the older man would appreciate a cup. While the coffeemaker chugged and gurgled, Megan flipped open her cell phone to find a black screen. Out of battery. Of course it was. Why hadn’t she thought about it sooner?

Shuffled footsteps caught her attention. “Hey,” Owen said. She took in the sight of him, dressed in a new borrowed outfit—a long-sleeved navy T-shirt and a pair of khakis that had been too long on John. The shirt highlighted the difference in his eyes.

Well, okay, there was the reason she hadn’t been thinking about the real world.

“Hey,” she said. She hooked up her phone charger and plugged it into the phone. After a minute, the cellular provider’s logo flashed across the screen with a musical jingle. While she waited for it to start up, she lifted the cordless receiver on the landline. Nothing. Her cell beeped incoming messages. “Oh, shit.”

“What’s the matter?” Owen wrapped his arms around her, kissed her cheek, peered over her shoulder.

Megan leaned back into his embrace and worked the buttons on her phone. Five text messages. Ten missed calls. Oh, shit. “Missed a bunch of calls.

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