Rise: a dark paranormal romance (Elemental Warriors Book 2) by Joanna Morgan & Mystic Owl

Author:Joanna Morgan & Mystic Owl [Morgan, Joanna & Owl, Mystic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781648983832
Publisher: City Owl Press: Mystic Owl
Published: 2023-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Ajax and Emory had just finished a quiet, happy dinner when he felt it—the tingle of another elemental nearby.

Which meant whoever it was, felt the same sensation and knew where he was.

“Fuck.”

Emory looked back at him from the kitchen. “What is it?”

“We’re about to have company.” His jaw tightened until his teeth ached.

“What? Who?” Her eyes widened, alarm replacing the serenity their walk had put there.

“It’s okay. Another warrior like me, but…” He paced away, mind spinning, trying to find a way out. “This is going to complicate things.”

Who was on duty right now? If it was Micah, he might get lucky. Micah minded his own business, to a fault. But the feeling was getting stronger, which meant the other elemental was coming closer. Whoever it was, was not minding their own business.

Not Micah. Hell, what if it was Walker?

For a second, he wished he’d hidden his truck behind the house or something, but then again, that would only seem more suspicious to whoever had followed him here.

The knock he expected sounded at the door.

“Let me answer, okay?” But what the hell was he going to say?

Emory’s eyebrows raised, but she nodded before turning away and picking up Jackson.

Ajax looked through the little window in the door.

Levi.

Fucking great.

He turned the knob and stared at Levi’s curious face.

“Hey Ajax. Fancy seeing you here. And why are you?”

“None of your fucking business. I’m not on duty.”

“Hey now,” Levi said, putting his hands up, “I’m not here to bust your chops. I simply want to make sure nothing’s up. I was pretty surprised to sense you nearby since, as you said, it’s not your shift. Chaolt? Sleeper? Everything cool?”

“Everything is fine.”

Levi tilted his head, and he glanced behind him, a sly grin splitting his face as he tipped an imaginary hat. “How do you do, ma’am.”

Ajax turned to see Emory holding Jackson, patting his back, a wary look on her face.

“Hello,” she said cautiously, bouncing Jackson lightly in her arms.

Ajax stepped in front of Levi and closed the door behind him while the other soldier chuckled softly. Levi held his hands up again, mirth dancing across his features. “That’s all you had to say, man. Hope I didn’t interrupt anything.”

“It’s not—She’s—That’s not why I’m here,” he said, arms crossing. But damn, shouldn’t he have let Levi think it was, like Walker had? But Emory hadn’t been a fling, hadn’t been entertainment. It was different with her, always had been since the moment he met her.

“Sure,” Levi laughed again. “Sure. I recognize her as the redhead that you left with the other night. You must really be hung up on her.” He grinned.

“I’m not hung up on her.” But he was. She was under his skin, in his lungs. In his heart.

“And she has a baby, damn. You must be really smitten by her to take that on. Good for you, man.” Levi waited for a fist bump, and Ajax had to resist the urge to give him a very forceful one.

To his face.

“Why are you here?” Ajax growled, and Levi dropped his hand.

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