Sevin: The Lords of Satyr by Amber Elizabeth

Author:Amber, Elizabeth [Amber, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2012-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

10

“That’s next door. First, I wanted you to see where I live.” Sevin went farther inside, switching on another lamp.

“You mean that you reside here? In the salon?” Alexa asked, taking a wary step inside. She was curious to know more of how he lived, and they had time on their hands. But this was a dangerous game.

“I sleep here.” He went to another door on the adjacent wall and opened it so that she could see that it led to a small hallway, which in turn ended at another door. “But my real home is through that door. My office.”

Turning, he set his hands at his hips and glanced around his bedchamber as if trying to see it through her eyes. “What do you think of it?”

She thought it was aesthetically pleasing, she thought it was lush, and she thought she wanted nothing more than to lie in that enormous bed with him and forget her troubles in his arms. Of course she said none of that to him. The things she’d witnessed in the salon had primed her for something decadent, and his proximity was having the usual effect on her. She wondered when the attorney would arrive. Hoped he would come before the two of them found a completely inappropriate way to pass the time.

“You can change anything you like here,” he told her, when she didn’t speak. “Wives often do, I’m told.”

“I’m not going to wed you,” she insisted, relieved at the turn in the conversation and hoping it would dispel the sense of intimacy between them. “I’ve tried marriage—”

“But not with me,” he noted.

Spreading her arms, she made an exasperated sound. “You’ve known me less than two days.”

“I’ve been aware of you for far longer.”

He must have read the doubt in her face for he lounged against the door frame and folded his arms, then calmly reviewed the facts. “Blue dress. Blue hat. It was one afternoon early last February in the Forum. You were strolling with Eva through the excavation site. Before you became engaged to Dane. Before she became Dane’s wife.”

Alexa stared at him, surprised. Abruptly, a conversation from that day insidiously worked its way to the forefront of her mind:

“Can you imagine a wedding night with one of the Satyr lords?” she’d asked Eva. “I’d be frightened out of my wits!” She’d leaned in then, whispering so no passersby would overhear. “I’ve heard they sport a second member in their trousers. I’ve also heard they know well what to do with both of them. I was told by a reliable source that there’s a particular statue of a Satyr enjoying a Bacchanalia in one of the temples. It holds a wine goblet, has furred haunches, a tail, and its male—parts—are high and at the ready for entertainment.”

Although Eva had acted convincingly shocked, Alexa now wondered just how much of the truth she’d already known. As for herself, it made her blush to think how silly and naive she’d been back then. That innocent girl was gone now.

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