Of Poseidon 01: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

Author:Anna Banks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9781466802568
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 2012-05-23T17:39:07+00:00

16

BETWEEN PUNCHES, Galen bellows his rage. “I trusted you! I said to keep an eye on her, not your filthy lips!”

Toraf’s laugh makes him hit harder. Galen is aware of Emma screaming for him to stop. Now that she’s snapped out of the trance Toraf kissed her into.

Fire sears into his biceps where Emma struggles to restrain the next blow with both hands. “Stop it, Galen! Right now!”

His head whips toward her, her concern for Toraf almost driving him beyond sense. “Why? Why should I stop?”

“Because he’s your friend. Because he’s your sister’s mate,” she shouts.

“But those are the same reasons I should kill him, Emma. You’re not making any sense.”

“Rayna, help me!” Emma throws herself at Galen, ramming her shoulder into his chest.

With his arms full of Emma, it’s difficult to keep hammering Toraf. Emma is soft and sweet-smelling, which would distract him even if she wasn’t wrapping herself around him like an octopus. He can’t tell whose limbs are whose when they tumble off of Toraf and spill into the sand beside him.

Landing on top, Galen uses his hand to cushion the back of Emma’s head from hitting a piece of driftwood. Worrying about her last head injury already shortened his life span. “Triton’s trident, Emma, you can’t just throw yourself in the middle of a fight. You could get hurt,” he says, out of breath.

She pushes against him, fists balled. “A fight is two-sided, Highness. You didn’t notice Toraf wouldn’t hit back?”

Actually, no. And he didn’t care. He eases off her. She refuses the hand he offers to help her up. He shrugs, irritated at her small rejection. “His loss. Now go to the house. Toraf and I aren’t finished.”

By now Toraf is standing up, slapping the sand off his body. It takes a few moments for Galen to realize that Rayna didn’t help disentangle him from her mate. In fact, she hasn’t said a word.

She’s still standing on the beach where he left her, her face contorted into a jumble of shock, anger, and pain. The anger dissipates when Toraf straightens his swimming trunks and walks right past her. In fact, the shock goes away, too. Only pain stays behind, crumbling her expression.

Her mate is knee-deep in the water when she finally calls out to him. “Toraf ?” The way her voice cracks takes Galen off guard.

Toraf doesn’t notice. That, or he doesn’t care. “Hmm?” Toraf says, as if she doesn’t deserve the effort of a whole word.

“You … you kissed Emma.”

“Yes?” he says, glancing impatiently out to sea.

“But … but you’re mated to me.”

He shrugs. “Am I? Last time I checked, you were hurrying back to Grom to get us unsealed. I figured I wouldn’t waste any more of your time—or mine. And you have to admit, Emma’s not a bad catch.” He turns, winks at Emma. Galen launches toward him, but Emma latches onto his arm. Galen grinds his teeth.

Rayna takes small slow steps toward Toraf as if she’s approaching a feeding shark. “But I didn’t unseal us.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.