Storm Conquered by Magda Alexander

Author:Magda Alexander [Alexander, Magda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Hearts Afire Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

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Jake

AFTER THREE ROUNDS of raw, gritty sex, she lies warm and soft in my arms. In another fifteen minutes or so, the heat between us will rise again. But right now all I want is the truth. “What’s going on, Brianna? Why did you run?”

Her playful mood ends and she sits up, her back to me, but I’m not about to lose the emotional connection I’ve fought so hard for. So I rest my hand against the small of her back to remind her I’m here and I care. When I do, she drops her head into her hands and breathes out a hard sigh.

Sitting up, I curl a finger under her chin and turn her toward me. “Tell me, Brianna. I need to know.”

Her eyes grow sad. “Yes, you do. It’s beyond time I told you. I can’t do this anymore by myself.”

I drop a kiss on her forehead and urge her against me. I’ll be her strength, her guard, her rock, whatever she needs me to be. I rub her back reminding her it’s me, encouraging her to talk. We’re naked, as close as we’ve ever been, and yet it’s more a spiritual connection than anything else.

“After my father’s funeral I arrived back in Brazil to find a note on my bed which claimed the sender held a member of my family hostage.”

In my head, I run through each one of her siblings and the rest of her family as well. Storm’s in London, Elizabeth and Andrew in D.C. Royce is in Santa Maria. Edward’s at Winterleagh. Everyone’s accounted for. Could it be a distant relative? Only one way to find out. “Who?”

She kicks back her head and gazes at me. The devastation on her face lances through me. “Edward’s child.”

What the hell? “Edward doesn’t have a child.”

“So I thought. Except ...” Her beautiful blue eyes swim with tears.

When one rolls slowly down the satin of her cheek, I wipe it away. “Except.”

“The boy looks just like Edward. Same dark hair. Same dark eyes.”

“Lots of children in this part of the world possess those characteristics.”

She nods. “I know. That’s why I had a DNA test done. The envelope included a lock of hair. All I needed was DNA from Edward. So I made up a story about creating a keepsake and asked Edward for a snip of his. I wrote Gabriel and Royce as well in case he checked with them. When I got Edward’s, I sent it to the same lab that analyzed the Countess’s and my DNA. The test concluded there was a 99.9% chance that Edward was the boy’s father.”

Wanting to ease her agony, I drop a kiss on her lips. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I couldn’t tell you. Couldn’t tell anyone. That was made very clear. If I did, they would torture and kill Edward’s son.”

“So what did they want? Money?”

“No. That would have been too easy. Gabe would have paid in an instant.”

“Yes. He would have.” One thing about Storm, he values

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