The Enemy Within (Daughters of the People Series Book 3) by Varna Lucy

Author:Varna, Lucy [Varna, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bone Diggers Press
Published: 2014-10-03T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Bobby woke Indigo before he left for work, while the sun was still skimming under the mountains on its way into the sky. She mumbled and shifted in the bed, and winced when she moved her legs.

He wanted to ease the soreness with his mouth on her skin, and would when the sun finished its journey for the day. He settled for teasing kisses along her neck when she turned her face away from his, and laughed when she pulled a pillow over her head and snuggled into it.

His lover wasn’t a morning person. Who knew?

He let himself out of her apartment, pulling the locked door shut behind him, and jogged down the stairs as quietly as he could. The pre-dawn air chilled his skin through his thin jacket. Time to pull out the winter one.

His truck started on the first try and he let his mind wander while it warmed up.

He could grab enough clothes to last him through the week when he went home to change before going to work.

Maybe Mom would’ve already left for the IECS by then.

He checked his watch and huffed out a breath that fogged in the cool air. Nope. She’d still be in the middle of her workout when he got home.

Not home anymore, though. Satisfaction filled him, followed quickly by a sharp worry. Indigo was ready to claim him, but how long would that last when she hadn’t submitted to him and become mortal?

Probably not long. He’d heard the stories of immortal Daughters who settled down with lovers. It hardly ever ended well, no matter what emotions were involved. Inevitably, the man aged while the Daughter didn’t, and things got ugly when one of them wanted to move on.

He couldn’t imagine ever wanting to leave Indigo behind, though it wasn’t much of a stretch to imagine the opposite.

She’d run from him once, devastating his young heart. A second time would kill him.

He worried over it during the short drive between Indigo’s apartment and his parents’ home. If he could find a way to make her love him…

No. He of all people knew love couldn’t be forced. Hadn’t he learned that the hard way?

But they were friends and she cared for him, and his past didn’t seem to bother her nearly as much as it bothered him. Those were good places to start.

His optimism lasted until he eased his way into the back door and saw his mother sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a cup of coffee.

Well, damn.

Resigned to the inevitable, he poured himself a cup and sat down across from her, facing her without any shame, though he felt like a kid sneaking in past curfew after a night of hell raising that ended up in the morning paper.

“Good morning, Bobby.”

Her voice was light and even, her gaze sharp, and he was suddenly glad he was wearing a collared shirt. He was pretty sure there was nothing to see. Indigo wasn’t a kid to leave those kinds of marks and neither was he.

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