Redemption by TL Schaefer

Author:TL Schaefer
Language: eng
Format: epub

What they did when they hit the sheets was the very last thing Brenna expected. Donovan spooned her from behind, draped an arm over her waist, and fell asleep with his breath tickling her ear.

What in the hell?

She was thinking the same thing when she awoke the next morning to a full-scale shouting match coming from the living room.

Chapter 7

“How in the hell did she get past you, Mark?”

A human stood in front of Donovan, belligerent and defensive. Handsome, in a laid-back California surfer way, he was still a match for Donovan or her brothers, big, muscular and lithe as a cat.

“You know how she is, when she wants to go, she goes. She said not to worry about her, she’d see you soon.”

“Hopefully it’s not in a fucking body bag,” Donovan snarled, the lines in his body tautening with rage. His hands fisted, then unclenched. For the first time Brenna saw the very real possibility of cruelty and outright fury she’d only guessed at before. It scared her a little, even as she moved into the living room for a better look.

“Jenalee said you’d be like this.”

“What in the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“She said the Sorhineth would change you, and she’s right. You were never this mad about her bailing before.”

“Because we never had a fucking Destroyer on our asses before, you idiot.”

“Am I interrupting something?” Brenna’s purposefully amused, trying-to-calm-the-waters voice sliced the thick air between the two men.

Mark turned slowly, as if reluctant to put a face to the Warden title. When he finally saw her, he blanched and took an involuntary step back. He lowered his head, mumbling “Warden,” in a humbled tone.

Donovan shot Brenna a surprised look and she could almost read his mind. Mark would go toe-to-toe with him and then play submissive for her?

“What in the hell is wrong with you?” Donovan’s voice was rough. Mark kept his head down, and Donovan reached out and shook him. “Look at me.”

When Mark met his eyes, even Brenna could see he was scared, bone deep. “What?” Donovan questioned quietly, shooing Brenna a few feet further away.

“How can you look at her?”

“What are you talking about?” Donovan locked eyes with Brenna, and he looked just as confused as she felt.

“She’s brilliant.”

Brenna laughed, attempting to defuse the situation again. “Hey, I like being as smart as the next gal, but brilliant?”

“Not that kind of bright,” Mark replied, his gaze now fixed on the living room window. “You glow so much it hurts me, physically, to look at you.”

“Huh? She was just fine last night with…”

“You, I was just fine with you,” she broke in. Something was wrong with Mark, and she didn’t even know the man yet. Something was fundamentally broken.

She pulled in a deep breath and detected the putrid scent buried deep beyond his innate masculinity. He was tainted by the Destroyer. But how tainted? And how to play this?

Really, there was only one way.

“You reek of Destroyer. Have you come here to kill us

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