Rion by Susan Kearney

Author:Susan Kearney
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9780446543323
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2008-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

19

After a meager meal, Lex showed Marisa and Rion to their quarters in Winhaven. The royal home had been looted of furnishings, and a fire had destroyed most of the main building, but one of the guest wings had survived partially intact. Here the resistance, such as it was, had made its headquarters. She and Rion would sleep in the same room. The sensual awareness that had dogged her ever since he’d carried her through the forest rose on a gentle ripple of heat.

Rion had been silent since Marisa and he had left the others in the dining area. Apparently Erik was off on a foraging mission with several of the rebels and not expected back until dawn.

Standing at the bedroom window, Rion gazed past a shredded curtain toward the capital, his potent male presence dominating the room. “When I was here last, the city’s lights brightened the sky for miles. Now it’s so dark, it’s as if we’ve regressed to another age.”

“But the knowledge to rebuild is still here,” Marisa said softly.

She ached for him. Yearning to give him comfort, she joined him by the window and placed her hand on his arm.

He stood stiff and tense, his head high, his eyes alert. She suspected his thoughts were gloomy and began to run her fingers lightly up and down the sculpted ridges of his forearm. Retaking this world from the Unari might be an impossible task. And although they were now stuck on this world, with no means to depart, every time she breathed in, her lungs filled with the delicious scent of his male musk and her thoughts turned to being with him again.

Now was not the time to feel any attraction. He had to bring his people together, and she would cause strife. But that future seemed impossibly far away. And Rion was here right now. Totally within her reach.

He turned from the window. His voice was low and filled with gravel. “How’s your head?”

The throbbing in her head matched the beat of her heart. “The medic who looked at me after our meal said you did a good job. There’s no sign of infection.”

“Good.” Rion walked her to the bed, the only piece of furniture in the room besides a broken table someone had propped in the corner. “You should rest. Tomorrow, I’ll talk with Erik, and Lex will show us a secret passage to the city walls.”

“You should rest, too.” She patted the bed next to her, but he remained on his feet, every muscle rigid.

She didn’t have to ask what was wrong. She knew. Conditions here weren’t just bad, they were terrible. Tomorrow he would see Erik, but he might also have his worst fears about his parents confirmed.

Wrapping her arms around him, she said, “We’ll find a way. The Unari didn’t take this planet in a day. You can’t take it back overnight, either. Your people need you. And if you wear yourself ragged—”

“You didn’t feel that pain… it’s like your bones have been dipped in acid.

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