The Rebel Guardian: Outlaw: a Thieves Series, Book 2 by Lexi Blake

Author:Lexi Blake [Lexi_Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lexi Blake, Thieves, Outlaw, vampires, demons, werewolf, paranormal romance, urban fantasy
Publisher: DLZ Entertainment LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“How are you feeling?”

I took a deep breath and fought the urge to scream. I’d been asked this question five hundred times since I’d been released from the clinic the day before. I’d been told to rest for the night and while I would have ignored that advice, Trent was suddenly interested in following the nurse’s orders.

“I’m good, babe,” I managed to say between clenched teeth and what I was absolutely certain was a forced smile.

Because I was the one forcing it.

Trent sat next to me in bed, wearing not a stitch of clothing. He stretched that magnificent body and yawned. “I’m glad to hear it. Eddie’s been in the kitchen all morning.”

I still wasn’t entirely sure why I’d been forced to rest after my encounter with Liv. The vampire blood had done the trick and my wound had healed, but the nurse had mentioned my blood pressure was slightly high and then all the men had freaked out.

I’d had to send Evan to question several of the people I’d been scheduled to interview the night before because Trent had carried me down to our rooms and then watched over me like a damn hawk. “I didn’t need to take the night off.”

He leaned over and kiss my forehead. “Says the woman who slept for twelve hours.”

I frowned. “Seriously? I’ve been asleep for twelve hours? What time is it?”

He kissed his way down to my nose. “Nine. Ish. In the morning. We can sleep far longer. No one is really awake down here until after noon. The primals have only been asleep for a few hours.”

So I was going to throw my sleep schedule way off, but then it was crap anyway. Jet lag is a real thing, and when your jet lag comes from traveling through a time portal…well, it’s bad. Throw in early pregnancy symptoms and it wasn’t such a huge surprise that I’d slept.

Trent settled back down and cuddled me close. “Evan left notes from all of her interviews. I can’t thank you enough for trusting her. Evan needs some way to contribute. It’s been difficult to be the only girl. All of her role models were stories rather than people. I think watching you in action will be good for her.”

“Well, all she could do last night was watch me sleep. She’s going to think I’m a lazy Nex Apparatus.” I knew I should get up and start in on those notes, but the truth was it felt good to lay in his arms. I only wished Gray was with us. I was used to him being gone. He was often working, but this was different. Now I had to think about where he was. “How long do you think he’ll be gone?”

He was quiet for a moment, his hand stroking over my back. “Not long here. A long time for him. We could get lucky and have some crazy thing happen that he’s supposed to witness. His prophecy instincts can break Lucifer’s hold.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sometimes Gray gets pulled to a place,” Trent explained.

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