Time Raiders: The Seeker by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-09-28T07:00:00+00:00

He easily sifted through the contents of her mind. He saw that the scribe, Kapaneus, was behind this plot. Why? Finding no reason, Jake abruptly withdrew. Doing so would cause her an awful headache, he knew. Almost regretfully he watched Tullia’s face drain of color. Raising her long, graceful hand to her flawless brow, she swayed in the aftermath of his mind probe.

Before he could order her out of his apartment, the inner door swung open. Delia limped in, dressed in a soft yellow tunic. Sleepy-looking, Jake realized she must have just awakened.

Delia halted abruptly, her eyes flying wide with surprise.

“Leave us,” Jake ordered Tullia. “I want nothing you offer.” The young woman gave him a doe-eyed look, but then her gaze cut to where Delia stood just inside the door, staring at them.

“Ah, my lord, I see,” Tullia murmured, trying to speak through the pain in her head. “This gift is not meant for you, after all.” She bowed to both of them, turned and quickly left.

Delia waited until Jake closed the door. “What was that all about?”

“Not what you think,” he growled unhappily. He was still naked, and now, beneath Delia’s approving gaze, felt himself responding. There was nothing he could do about it. Grabbing a nearby black wool tunic, Jake quickly threw it over his head, jammed his arms through the openings and tugged it down over his awakened body. When he looked up, he saw a smile on Delia’s face. Feeling heat sweep up his neck into his face, he couldn’t believe he was blushing. Him, of all people! And in front of Delia, who had seen him naked plenty of times in the past.

“I hope you enjoyed the joke,” he growled, swirling his cloak about his shoulders and pinning it in place.

“Hey, you look good naked,” she murmured, limping to the couch and sitting down. “And obviously, that young woman thought so, too. Who was she, Jake?”

Frustrated by her teasing, he sat down next to her and pulled on his leather boots. “Kapaneus, that scribe we saw last night at the party, sent her here. Her name is Tullia. She’s a prostitute.”

“I didn’t know you were paying for sex, Jake. That isn’t at all like you.”

Seeing the laughter in her gold eyes, Jake swore softly. “I did not pay for anything. Listen to me, will you? I read her mind and found that Kapaneus had paid her to undress me and make love to me. Why, I don’t know. All I could get out of her was that she was supposed to look for any jewelry I might be wearing.” He put on his second boot and then ran his fingers through his drying hair.

“Jewelry?” Delia glanced around. “Was Kapaneus paying her to come here to steal from you? Does this scribe think you’re rich?”

“That seems a stupid assumption for him to make,” Jake muttered. He took a deep breath, starting to relax. “You don’t really think I would do anything with Tullia, do you?”

Shrugging, Delia said lightly, “Hey, we’re not a couple anymore, Jake.

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