Passion Awakened: A Vampire Romance (The Hush Book 1) by Katherine Diane

Passion Awakened: A Vampire Romance (The Hush Book 1) by Katherine Diane

Author:Katherine Diane [Diane, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-04T16:00:00+00:00


TWENTY

K yr felt a massive, shuddering breath leave his lungs. He hadn’t realized until that moment how afraid he’d been that Mira would reject him.

But he needed to be sure she understood what he was saying, that he wanted more. “I don’t want you to stay in this room,” he said. “I want you to stay in mine.”

He braced himself for her to backpedal, to insist on space, so when she relaxed against him and breathed out a, “Yes,” his heart lifted. As in, he felt it. Physically.

It kind of alarmed him.

So he made a joke. “Well, thank God, because I don’t think I could’ve handled another rejection tonight. I do have some pride.”

Mira let out a surprised laugh. He loved it. “You’re kidding, right? You have pride to spare.”

He grinned at her playful (but not-entirely-joking) tone. “Is that so?”

“I’m not sure you want me to lay it out for you.”

“Oh, but I do.”

She adopted a prim manner. “Some might call it arrogance. Consider: you insist on having your way, you never take no for an answer, you are like a dog with a bone—”

“If you’re trying to insult me, you’re going in completely the wrong direction.”

“Proud of those qualities, are you?”

“You bet your gorgeous ass I am.”

“Gorgeous ass?”

She sounded pleased, so he teased her. “Does smartass suit you better?”

“You’re terrible!”

“And impatient and bossy. Or so I’ve been told.”

“Hmm,” was her only response, the tone distinctly if the shoe fits…

He loved that she was playing with him. He didn’t get to be playful very often, and it felt really damn good.

“Let’s get your things to the right room.”

Mira moved to rise from his lap, and he helped her up. He hated losing physical contact with her, but he did enjoy watching her walk to where her pumps had fallen. He liked that she picked them up to carry instead of putting them on. It made her seem…at home.

After returning his weapons to their holsters, Kyr went to grab her duffel. Mira was already on her way to it, a few steps ahead of him, so he sent her on a little errand. “Kill the lights?”

She veered toward the bedroom. Good. He was carrying her bag. That’s just how it was.

The bedroom went dark, and Mira came back. “It’s very grand,” she observed. “Almost…princessy. The rest of the—this is an abbey, right?—looks different.”

“First, yes, this was built to be an abbey, but it was never used as one. My father acquired it before I was born, so I don’t know the whole story. I didn’t even know it existed until I inherited it. As for this room, it’s where my sister stays when she’s here.” He tacked on a little defensively, “I didn’t decorate it.”

Mira’s lips twitched as she made a show of looking him up and down. “I figured.”

“Easy now. This is a style. It’s called dark and deadly.”

“Ah. Very apt.”

Her tone remained playful, but color tinged her cheeks. At first, he thought his words disturbed her, maybe the deadly part, but her gaze lingered.



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