Summoned and Stolen (Summoned Series Romances) by Hayes Susan

Author:Hayes, Susan [Hayes, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-27T23:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER 8

Years of captivity slowly fell away as Lily’s spirit began to link itself to the life that filled the forest. There were no commands to prevent her. No punishment or pain to curb her behavior or force her to go without the connections that would sustain her and grant her full use of her abilities. Lily hadn’t been certain this world would recognize her as a child of the wild ways, but it had accepted her and allowed her to channel its power. It would take days for her to regain her full strength, but she could already feel the change starting. Very soon she would be strong enough to heal Kel completely.

The energy of this world was different, as violent and raw as the people who lived here. She wasn’t sure what effect the differences would have on her abilities. It had been so long since she had been able to tap into the life force of an entire world she could barely remember what it felt like.

It was glorious.

Too bad she didn’t have time to enjoy her freedom. She had to save the life of the man who had saved hers. She moved quickly, ignoring her physical fatigue as she stripped saddle and bridle from the horse and began rifling through Kel’s saddle bags. She laid out the meager bedroll she found, setting the pad from beneath the saddle at one end as a makeshift pillow before rolling him awkwardly onto it. Lily retrieved the water skin she’d found earlier and put it aside. She found a tallow candle tucked into the corner of a bag and set it in the earth before lighting it, adding it’s light to the glow of her aura.

Now they were hidden away and as secure as she could make them, there was only one task left. She needed to heal Kel, and to do that, she needed to undress him.

Lily knew it wasn’t nerves that made her fingers tremble as she tugged off Kel’s boots and stockings, it was desire. He had slipped back into unconsciousness again, the hard lines of his face softening as he drifted in an uneasy sleep. There were shadows under his eyes now, and a pinched look to his mouth. She needed to hurry. Lily had seen spare clothes in his saddle bags, so she felt only a brief pang of guilt as she freed up one of the knives from its sheath on Kel’s arm and began cutting away his clothing.

The shirt fell away quickly, leaving just his chainmail and pants. The chainmail was going to be the most difficult, so Lily left it for now. Instead, she moved to his side and unlaced his pants before setting to work cutting them away from his body. She nearly dropped the knife when Kel’s hand encircled her wrist, his laughter so faint it was barely more than a whisper. “Little one, if you wanted me naked, you could have asked. I’m not so far gone as that.

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