Prymal Obsession by Carlo Jianne

Author:Carlo, Jianne [Carlo, Jianne]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing Group
Published: 2014-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Brut liked that Sidonie had lost her shyness because of her concern for him. The earnest honesty he read in her piercing blue eyes tempted him to bare the agonizing despair he’d lived with since his mate and pack’s slaughter.

“I can’t even begin to understand how you can bring yourself to live another day. My parents didn’t care for me, and yet, when they died, I felt like an orphan. Alone. No not alone, but filled with this despairing loneliness. I wallowed in self-pity. I played every ‘what if’ scenario I could think of. What if I had been born ‘normal.’ Would they have loved me? Would I have had friends—” She clamped her hands over her face. “Please, please, pretend I never said any of that maudlin crap.”

He hauled her against his chest, unable to bear the hurt and pain in her naked declaration, yet touched and pleased she trusted him. “I see their faces all the time. They died in agony. The Jäeger raped every female. They butchered limbs from living beings.”

She lifted a tear-stained face to him and cupped her delicate little hands around his ugly mug. “How horrible. No wonder you crave revenge. I would too. It must be so difficult to have to pretend to be ‘normal’ all the time. I wish I could take some of your fury and pain. I wish with all my heart that I could help.”

Brut couldn’t repay the way she’d bared her soul except in kind. “You have. You’ve given me flashes of sunshine. When we make love, my grief, hate, and anger fall away.”

More tears streamed down her cheeks. She gave him a watery smile. “I’m so, so glad to be of use to you.”

“Sidonie. You need value yourself higher. You’re not of use to me. You’re necessary.” Brut bit his tongue. It would do neither of them any good for him to utter another word. This was temporary. And they both knew and accepted their brief affair.

Eva’s declaration flooded his brain. I didn’t know Maria, but if she truly loved Brut, she’d want him to be happy. To find another mate.

Would Maria have wanted that? She told him over and over, six, seven times a day how much she loved him. So much so that he began to think himself worthy of love. Worthy of her love.

Give me a sign Maria, querida. Tell me what to do.

Maria would like Sidonie. He was positive of that. The two women shared many characteristics. Both had a wicked sense of humor, grit, and determination, and they both collected lost souls. Maria had taken a wounded and damaged Brut into her embrace. Sidonie had done the same with Davy.

He resolved to distance himself from Sidonie a dozen times since embarking on this affair, but she proved an irresistible lure. Some homing instinct brought him back to her every time he tried to leave. Hadn’t he decided at the beginning to avoid emotional entanglement? Yet, here he was trying to find a way to justify staying with Sidonie.

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