Sedona Seduction by Kessler Lisa

Author:Kessler, Lisa [Kessler, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy
Amazon: B07NPZBNC5
Goodreads: 44448447
Publisher: Lisa's Lair
Published: 2020-02-24T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Vance

I peeled out of the Red Coyote’s parking lot, running from the pain cracking my chest wide open. It took her hating me for me to understand what she really meant to me. I was a fucking idiot about everything.

Now I was alone, and I damned well deserved it.

Maybe that’s why I never told her the truth. Guilt kept me from having the intimate relationship I really wanted, but I still got to make her smile, to hear her laugh. The truth would have stolen what little part of her I had.

I was greedy when it came to Kaya. She made me believe I might be more than a killer, like I deserved more than all the death that surrounded me for most of my life. Although she’d been born a shifter, then bitten and converted into a hybrid, nothing could steal her dream of owning her own restaurant. The massive curves life threw at her made no difference. Her determination inspired me.

I’d never met a braver person, and being near her gave me a dangerous gift. Hope. I’d never dared to allow it in until she came into my life. No matter how dark the days had been after she’d been bitten, she had never abandoned her dreams. Even her encouragement to buy the rock shop and adopt a dog had changed my life in ways I had never imagined.

And now I’d fucked her life up all over again.

I ground my teeth, punching the gas pedal harder as I made the tight turns up the highway toward Flagstaff. Trager hadn’t responded yet to let me know who knew about Kaya, but I couldn’t wait any longer. Every second that ticked by was another chance for Duane to expose her secret.

This needed to end now.

It wouldn’t erase what I’d done, but it would protect Kaya. Then I could walk away. Maybe I’d go back to Australia. I hadn’t been back since I was eighteen.

My phone buzzed on the passenger seat. I slowed a little as I glanced at the name. Asher. I frowned, putting him on speaker as I gripped the wheel tighter.

“Yeah?”

“Meet me at the ranch.” The Alpha’s power, the compulsion to obey his orders, colored every word, making the animal in me yearn to comply.

I shook it off, blinking my eyes hard as I negotiated the next turn in the road. “Can’t right now, mate. I’ll come by in the morning.”

“That’ll be too late.” Asher’s tone deepened. “Kaya called me. She’ll meet you here.”

Hearing her name dredged up emotions I’d been struggling to bottle up. “Tell her I’m sorry.”

I ended the call before he shook my determination. This had to happen. The pain in Kaya’s eyes, the betrayal, was unbearable. I couldn’t let another day pass without rectifying the mistakes I’d made.

My phone buzzed again, but I didn’t answer. I reached over and turned off the ringer. It had been years since I went dark, but slipping back into the assassin mindset was second nature. Maybe it always would be.

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