Pandora's Box by Natale Stenzel

Author:Natale Stenzel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance - Paranormal, Magic, paranormal, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Romance: Historical, Love stories, Romance & Sagas, General, Romance: Gothic, Romance - Fantasy, Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 9780505527523
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: 2008-01-02T09:13:43.889000+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“Ooooh, you’re sly,” Mina marveled with pensive admiration. “How did I not remember your weirdo ability to walk around in my head? You knew what I was doing all the time, didn’t you? You are so bad.”

“Uh-huh. And what about you? Drag your foot across a bush and suddenly you’ve sprained your ankle and completely lost your balance? Sure, that’s believable. I’ll bet you killed the damn bush stepping on it like that. Meanwhile, look what I get.”

He sounded like a boastful little boy.

“Little boy?” he scoffed, still poking around in her head. “Give me a break. I’m no little boy.” He paused. “And I’m no dog. I’m a man. And this is something I’ve needed for a very long time. You feel damn good.”

He sounded so smug. And he felt pretty damn good himself. It was such a shame they had this species problem between them.

“You’re going to hold that against me now? I can’t help it if I’m puca and you’re human. Hey, I can assume human form, so there’s a bridge, right?”

“Riordan, please stop reading my thoughts. It’s rude.”

“It is?” He sounded confused. “Yeah, I guess it is. But it’s not like I can help it. Your thoughts are all out there. I can pretend not to know them, if you want.”

“Is there any way you can literally not know them? Just for my peace of mind?”

He studied her, having never moved from atop her body.

“And could you maybe get off me while we discuss this?”

Reluctantly, Riordan rolled to the side and sat up, helping her push to a seated position. Feeling her butt sink into saturated ground, Mina groaned. “Just let me turn off the hose.” Remembering the invisible wall problem they endured, she noted the distance and deemed it acceptable before rising. “I’ll be right back.” She turned the water off, then returned to where Riordan still lounged in the grass. She dropped down beside him.

“This is nice, ” he mused. “Playing in the water, rolling in the grass. Enjoying the warming glow of fire in autumn. Even the cold, clammy feel of wet clothes sticking to my skin. All good stuff, Mina.” He sounded wondering.

She thought about what it would be like to be him, enjoying the simplest of physical sensations. To have been without for so long that even the feel of wet clothes clinging to one’s skin was a welcome sensation. “It must have been hell, existing without a—a physical reality for so long.”

“Yeah.” He thought a moment. “But back to your request. I can teach you to shield your thoughts from me.”

“You can?” She eyed him curiously.

“I just said I could. Why?”

She shrugged. “I’m just surprised you would offer that up. You could have said there was nothing you could do. I would have believed you. Why would you give up an advantage like that?”

He folded his hands and stared at them for a brooding moment. “I’m already taking advantage of you. Just by being here, I’m putting your life on hold.

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