Pursued by the Gods by Rebekah Murdock

Author:Rebekah Murdock [Murdock, Rebekah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beechwood Publishing
Published: 2019-10-27T16:00:00+00:00

20

Kavi

I stalked down the driveway and into the darkness without the slightest idea of where I was going or what I planned to do. I just walked, fast enough that no one bothered me, my head down and my eyes fixed on the sidewalk, my thoughts spinning furiously.

Under the anger was a deep sense of betrayal that I’d never expected to feel. Contrary to what Ravenna thought, it wasn’t jealousy. It was a more foolish man than I that expected her to live hundreds of years and never meet any other man who sparked her interest—or her emotions. I knew the bond and vows between us were inviolable and unbreakable, just as Isa knew the ones between she and I and him were.

I didn’t want her to spend the night in another man’s bed, but if she had, I would have let her, and understood. I had had a thousand and more of them with her already, and I would have thousands more—I hoped.

Tonight had thrown that fear into sharp relief. I knew that logically, it could have been anyone. Vegas was no safer than any other city in terms of petty crime. And on the surface, her meeting with this man, Toven, and the incident could have been nothing more than a coincidence.

If it wasn’t for what I knew—that he was a god—I might have believed that. But with that bit of information thrown into the mix, there was too much there for it to just be a coincidence. The small, rational part of my mind that was still functioning said that perhaps I was wrong—after all, hadn’t Ravenna said she’d been with him tonight?

Then he sent someone else, I thought furiously, my teeth gritted so hard that my jaw ached. He seduced her, so that she would be distracted, and he sent someone after us. Maybe that was the idea all along…to get Isa and I out of the way so that he, and he alone can have her.

I knew that I was verging on paranoia at this point. But I couldn’t stop it. My thoughts were racing, my pulse beating hard in my throat, and I stopped for a moment, leaning against a low stone wall and rubbing my palms across my face.

I heard footsteps coming down the sidewalk, hard and fast, and I dropped my hands from my face, looking up sharply. I could see a figure moving towards me, broad-shouldered and threatening in the dark, and I tensed, already on edge from the events of the day. I’d never been much of a fighter, but I was just angry enough that I was sure I could give an attacker a run for their money.

The figure moved into the streetlight, and Isa’s face came into view. I felt all of the adrenaline drain from my body in a rush, leaving me momentarily light-headed as I watched him approach.

“Kavi, what are you doing?” Isa’s brow was deeply creased as he came to stand next to me, his expression worried.

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