The Warlock Lord (Rite World: Rite of the Warlock Book 1) by Juliana Haygert

Author:Juliana Haygert [Haygert, Juliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

12

Keeran

I paced my bedroom, my head more confused by the minute.

What the hell had I done? I had led Luana on and then cut her off.

My heart told me I had been a coward, but I couldn’t do it for two strong reasons.

One, I had never kissed a woman before. What the Silverblood witches had me do when they abused me wasn’t kissing. They had kissed me; I had never kissed them back. All the intimate contact I had in my entire life had been against my will. For the first time, I wanted to kiss someone and I wanted to touch her, but every time I closed my eyes, anticipating the moment, I saw those cursed witches taunting me and torturing me and abusing me. My stomach knotted, my breathing sped up, my heartbeat hurt. How could I kiss Luana like that?

And two … because I was hiding a secret from her and I couldn’t accept her affection until we had everything out in the open. This lie between us was killing me. I couldn’t keep it from her anymore.

Not an hour after leaving Luana by the creek, I went looking for her. By now I thought she would be back at the manor, but I scoured every inch of the freaking place and couldn’t find her. Was she still at the creek? By herself? Shit, I was really a jerk.

I dashed toward the last place I had seen her, but stopped short when I saw her on the edge of the cliff, looking down.

My heart stopped.

What in …?

Desperation pushed my legs faster than they ever moved and I ran to her. I grabbed her hand and pulled her several feet from the cliff.

“What do you think you’re doing?” I asked, my voice hitching a little.

She frowned. “Looking at the view.”

I blinked. “W-what?”

Her eyes rounded. “You thought I was going to jump?” She stuffed her chest and lifted her chin. “I might be mortally embarrassed over your clear rejection, but I wouldn’t kill myself. I thought you knew me better than that.”

A long breath shuddered through my throat. Thank goodness, it wasn’t as I first thought. But I then realized something. The panic that gripped me when I saw her at the edge of the cliff still had its clutches around me, even after the situation had been explained, not because I didn’t understand what she had been doing, but because I was afraid of losing her. Now. Today. Tomorrow. In any situation. I couldn’t lose her.

This feeling, this adoration, this want, this need—it was all for her. I liked her, even maybe more than that, and I couldn’t lose her.

But I was about to.

“I didn’t reject you,” I said. Hands on her hips, Luana let out a huff. “I know it looks like that, but I didn’t reject you.” I took a step closer to her, hoping she wouldn't dart away. Not yet. “I told you before, I care about you.”

She shook her head. “Stop, Keeran. I can’t and I don’t want to play games.

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