Protector by Lola Taylor

Author:Lola Taylor [Taylor, Lola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Blood Moon Rising, Book Two
Publisher: Lola Taylor
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

They’d lain like that for a while, just talking. Eventually, they both dozed off, but Alara couldn’t sleep. Too many things weighed on her mind. She slipped out of bed and found someone had left a change of clothes in the hallway, by the door. There were two outfits, one for Nik and one for her. She blushed, wondering if whoever had dropped them off had swung by earlier when she and Nik were being intimate with one another. Picking up the clothes—and a bag of microwavable food that had been left with the clothes—she carted them inside and changed. She was starving but didn’t want to wake Nik. So she took the dinner and bottle of water and went to the dining room.

The TV was on, as were the lights. Alara wondered who could be there at this hour when she rounded the corner and saw Danica sitting at a table alone, eating a bowl of cereal. She looked up as Alara approached and smiled. “Good. I’m glad you saw the clothes.”

“So you were the one who dropped them off. Thanks.” She popped her food in the microwave and set it for two minutes before sitting down. “I hope we weren’t too loud.”

Danica raised a brow. “Did something happen?”

Alara flushed. “Er—”

Danica laughed. “It’s okay. You don’t have to go into details. I totally understand. Besides, it’s none of my business.”

Alara crossed her arms and looked away, nibbling on her lip. She thought about the upcoming Blood Moon and what that meant for her and Nik. It would be nice to talk to another girl about it, especially someone who had been in the same boat not too long ago. Thing is, she didn’t exactly know where to start. She’d never had a close girlfriend before. Izzy was the one who made friends easily, not her.

She studied Danica, trying to decide how to ask what was on her mind. Danica seemed nice enough. She had a kind look to her eyes, just like her sister did. She wrung the hem of her shirt. “How can you know you love him?” she blurted.

“Who? Gage?”

Alara nodded.

Danica sighed. “To be honest, it wasn’t love at first, but there was a strong attraction and a rightness in being with him I’d never felt before. For someone who’s been alone most of her life, that was enough. It felt wonderful. So I decided to stay and figured love would come later.” She smiled. “And it did.”

Alara thought about that. She had no idea what being in love felt like. Did she love Nik? She didn’t think so, but she definitely liked him. Okay, well, more than “liked him.” The thought of leaving him made her stomach turn.

The microwave chimed and she retrieved her dinner. It was steamed veggies, fruit cocktail, and chicken with some kind of glaze. For a nuked dinner, it didn’t taste all that bad. At this time, she was so hungry a granola bar would have been divine.

“You scared about the mating ceremony?” Danica asked after a while.

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