Set in Stone 02 - Stone Cold Seduction by Jess Macallan

Author:Jess Macallan [Macallan, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, General, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781622668700
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-01-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Maura. One of the hunters. I felt sick and angry all at the same time. We hadn’t even made it out of the United States, and a hunter had found us. Or rather, she’d found me.

Jax circled her, and she gave him a sultry smile.

“Hello, Jaxon.”

It was official. I hated her. She said his name like she knew him.

“Why are you here?”

I felt marginally better when I heard the irritation in Jax’s deep voice. He watched her with a wary expression. The predatory gleam in her eyes had shifted when she’d seen Jax. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say it was sexual. I curled my fingers into fists.

“I’m looking for Jedren’s daughter, but seeing you is an unexpected treat.” She walked her fingers up his chest. She moved with a dancer’s grace. I hated her even more. And watching her put her fingers onmy mate pissed me off. For the first time in my life, I wanted to hurt someone. I wanted to break her fingers and all of those scary, red fingernails.

Teryl gave me a hard nudge in the back. I looked down and saw small flames at the end of my hands.

I swallowed a groan. Fire too? All on the same day? Getting to Scotland to retrieve my fate became more crucial by the hour. I tucked my hands behind my back and made fists, quickly extinguishing the flames. The fire would have to wait.

Too late. Maura had noticed and watched with interest. “Well, well. What do we have here? I know Jedren’s daughter is a shadow elf, but apparently you’re a…light elf? Phoenix?”

She dropped her hand from where it caressed Jax’s chest and stepped closer to me. Those strange black eyes regarded me as if I were a novelty. “You don’t look like a phoenix.”

Jax stepped closer, forcing Maura to shift away from me. “Maura is a gargoyle,” he said to me.

“I’m a lot more than that.” She giggled, and the sound grated against my eardrums. She winked at me.

“Jaxon and I go way back.”

Condescending bitch. My smile was brittle.

“Oh, really? Funny, he’s never mentioned a Marlene being anyone important to him.”

Satisfaction curved the corners of my mouth as I watched her expression shift.Two could play at that game,I thought.

I saw the hunter return. Her features smoothed out, and cold, unemotional black eyes stared at me. I’m pretty sure she would have killed me right then and there if she could. The feeling was mutual. I should have been more upset by the violent feelings churning through me, but I wasn’t.

“Maura,” she corrected me, in a contemptuous voice.

I blinked in false surprise. “I’m sorry, what?”

“My name is Maura.” Her teeth were clenched.

“Right, whatever.” I waved a hand at her and smiled at Jax. “You brought food? I’m starving.”

I took the bag and threaded my arm through his. Maura might have a history with Jax and she might be out for my head, but I wasn’t going to make it easy for her.

“I know you’re Jedren’s daughter.

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