The Bonding by Hansen Victoria

Author:Hansen, Victoria [Hansen, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2015-03-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Davin had arrived at his apartment thoroughly bewildered. He had been sure he was about to be sentenced to years in prison, when abruptly an anonymous guard told him the charges had been dropped and he was free to go. There had been no further explanation offered, and Davin had felt it was better not to ask. Not that being freed made much of a difference. Life just wasn't the same anymore. He felt old, tired, and just sad. Now, the next morning, he lounged in one of his comfortable armchairs, sipping a cup of coffee and trying not to think. It wasn't working. He hoped to go back to work soon. The distraction would be very welcome.

Someone knocked at the door. Damn it, I don't want anyone. After Kiri's unexpected disappearance from his life, he had gone to Jaya, who had comforted him as best she could, but she seemed to have the idea that Kiri was beneath contempt, and he was better off without her. She couldn't understand why he continued to have mixed feelings –tenderness blended with his anger and confusion – and why he was not able to let go of his feelings towards the girl who had hurt him so badly. When his own men had come, apologetically, to arrest him, he had put up no resistance, nor had he done much to defend himself at his trial. He had simply told the elders over and over he had never wanted to hurt Kiri, he loved her, and had only used her magic the one time to save her. Other than that, every moment of their relationship had been entirely mutual.

They had not believed him.

For a few days he had been angry, but then he began to feel numb, and the numbness had been a blessing. It still was. But now, someone was knocking. Someone wanted to talk to him.

“Go away,” he said sharply. “I don't want to see anyone.”

“Davin, please.” A familiar voice sounded through the door. Kiri? Why, by all the gods, is she here?

Davin rose and threw open the door. “What do you want?”

“May I come in?” she asked in a tiny, contrite voice he'd never expected to her from her. “There's something important I have to say to you.”

Davin's molars ground together. Numbness melted to icy rage at the sight of the bitch who had betrayed him. “I'm not in the mood for games, Kiri,” he snarled.

“No games. I swear.”

He stepped aside and let her enter the room. “Well? Say what you have to say and get out. I don't want you here.”

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