Shift of Fate by Elisa Adams

Author:Elisa Adams [Adams, Elisa]
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Erotic
ISBN: 1-84360-923-1
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2004-06-05T07:00:00+00:00

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Royce woke up a while after the sunset, blinking as his eyes adjusted to the unfamiliar surroundings. Something soft had tangled around his wrist. He sat up and pulled it off. Merida’s stocking—or at least what was left of it after she fried it with her hands. His semi-erect cock tightened in response. That morning had been better than he ever would have expected, a turning point in the relationship neither of them would claim to want.

Where was she?

He hadn’t really expected her to hang around wasting the day while he slept, but he’d been hoping she might have come back to bed once the sun went down. Something felt wrong, though. The house seemed too quiet.

He pulled himself out of bed and put his boxers and jeans back on before heading down the stairs to the living room. His heart raced and his nerves tingled. Where was Merida? Something had happened to her. He wasn’t sure how he knew, but he did.

When he hurried through the living room door, he stopped short. She sat on the couch, her knees curled up to her chest, her arms wrapped around her legs. She looked pale and tired, but she looked alive. “Hi,” he said softly as she looked up at him.

“Hi.” Her voice sounded small and weak and it came too close to tearing his heart out. She gave him a tiny smile that did nothing to ease his fears.

“What happened?” he asked, trying to swallow past the lump in his throat.

“I went back to the house.”

Anger welled in him and he clenched his fists. Why had she not listened when he and Wil told her it wasn’t safe? “Were you trying to get yourself killed? You told me yourself it wasn’t safe. You said there was a demon involved.”

She shook her head. “It’s not a demon. It’s an Aparasei.”

Royce snapped his mouth shut, all thoughts of what he’d planned to say leaving him. He knew she was tough, but she looked so small, so frail. At nearly a foot smaller than him, he couldn’t imagine her being strong enough to take on anything as powerful as an Aparasei.

“Don’t worry. I’m okay,” she told him as she stood up from the couch and walked the few steps to him. She surprised him by wrapping her arms around his neck.

His hand automatically went to her back and pulled her closer. “What’s wrong?” He rubbed his hand up the side of her arm and pulled away from her when she flinched. “What happened to you?”

She moved her t-shirt sleeve out of the way to reveal a long, thin red welt. At the sight of it, he wanted to go out and find the Aparasei that hurt her and tear the thing’s head off.

“It’s no big deal,” she told him, her voice a little stronger. “I’m feeling a lot better now that I’ve had a chance to rest. At least I didn’t hit my head on anything when I fell.” Her laugh sounded strangled.

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