The Bear King's Captive: Curvy Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance by Milly Taiden

Author:Milly Taiden [Taiden, Milly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Latin Goddess Press Inc
Published: 2016-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

In the kitchen, Leah scooted out a chair at the breakfast table and glided her hand over the top. “Is this the same table where Lyyli and Suvi sat when she offered Suvi your job?” A sense of living history, a link to generations of family love she never experienced, filled her with a strange warmth.

Winston placed his sandwich plate and one for Leah on the table. “It is the very one. The Missus had too many happy memories around this table to discard it. It has been repaired and refinished many times.”

Leah stretched her legs under the table. “Okay, I understand why you are still with Hannes -- gratitude to his parents.”

Winston started to speak, but Leah kept talking. “That still wouldn’t be reason enough for me, but it’s you, thank the gods. Now, back to this morning. What’s up with the military telling everyone Hannes was dead when he wasn’t? And what do they say now that he’s obviously alive?”

Winston took a bite of his sandwich before answering. “Well, for one thing, the Finnish military does not know he is alive.”

“What?” Leah stared at him.

Winston took another bite and chewed on his answer. “I do not know what happened to Hannes after going into the military. He has never opened up to anyone about that time in his life. I can only tell you how he was before going in.”

Leah grunted. “Was he an evil child from the start?”

Winston stopped chewing. “Of course not. Why do you say such a thing?”

Her body tensed, and she looked at her plate. “I don’t mean to insult Suvi or anything. I’m sure she’s not to blame, but only innately bad people choose to continuously do what they know is wrong.”

Winston’s hand shot out and squeezed her arm. “Look at me, child. Have you walked in his shoes for the past twenty years? Do you know anything about prison camps and human torture? Do not dare judge someone until you know exactly what they have lived through.”

He was right. She was wrong to criticize. All her life, she tried to make things simple: good or bad, right or wrong, Heaven or Hell. She needed to uncover more of Hannes’ past.

Winston released her arm and lifted her chin with a finger. “What is around your neck?”

Leah’s hand automatically covered her throat. She leaned away from his touch. “What? There’s nothing on my neck.” A couple of days and many miles had passed since the run-in with Lt. K on the ship, but even a memory quickened her pulse.

“Yes, there is.” He leaned toward her. She jerked away, almost falling from the chair. He sat back. “I noticed it while working in the living room.”

She rolled her eyes. “I don’t know what you’re seeing. It’s probably because I haven’t taken a shower since I got here. Ever hear of ‘ring around the collar’?”

Winston frowned.

Leah stuffed the remainder of her sandwich in her mouth and carried her plate to the sink. She felt his eyes follow her.

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