Shadow Lands by K.F. Breene

Author:K.F. Breene [Breene, K.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Women's Adventure, Romance, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781514629772
Publisher: Hazy Dawn Press, Inc.
Published: 2015-07-13T21:00:00+00:00

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After eating and spending a few moments quietly listening to the soft sounds of the forest, they moved further into the shelter. Shanti set out Cayan’s unused garments, providing a small amount of comfort, and lay down facing the fire. Cayan moved in behind her, pushing up against her back and closing his eyes as he breathed in her scent, feminine and floral.

“How are your wounds?” he asked as electricity jumped from her body to his. His body stirred at the contact. He ran his hand up her thigh and over her hip before dipping it into her coat and resting on the warm skin of her waist.

“Healing. They don’t hurt as much, and they’ve scabbed over now, so not as prone to infection, but they’ll break open with the first battle.” She removed his hand.

“Are we going to pretend we didn’t make love?” Cayan asked as he trailed his lips across her neck. She shivered at the contact. A small sigh escaped her lips. He slid his hand over her hip again, unable to stop himself from touching her.

“No. In the heat of the moment, it felt right, but I don’t want to get involved, Cayan. I can’t afford to love again. I can’t afford to let people get that close, because I can’t stand losing any more loved ones.”

“We’re already that close. The Honor Guard, Sanders—all of us are already that close to you. We’re your family now. The thing between you and me— we both feel it. Why not express it?”

“Because that makes it real,” she said with a tremor in her voice. She flung his hand away, resorting to violence to drown out her pain and uncertainty. She closed down her shields, trying to shut him out, but their connection was deeper than that now. Whatever they’d done, they’d combined their Gifts and merged parts of themselves. Closing down the mind didn’t stop the feeling from leaking from one to the other. It also didn’t stop the aching desire.

He could let her run again, as she always seemed to do, or he could match her violence, and force her to submit. Neither would be permanent, but each would make a statement; both of his intent and her resolve.

It took a split second to make the decision.

He backed up and then pulled her shoulder toward him with a heavy hand, forcing her to roll his way. She winced, rolling on her wounds, but her eyes showed fire before they were lost to shadow. She jabbed him with an uppercut, forcing the breath from his lungs. He caught that hand. The next punch was hindered by her position, but when it hit the base of his neck, he choked. Wheezing, he rolled onto her, as much to stop her hurting him as anything.

Pinning her upper body, and holding her hands with his own, he said, “No more running.”

He expected a head-butt. Instead, her thighs slid up the outside of his as a slow burn sparkled her fire-lit eyes.

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