Undiscovered Angel by Sharon Saracino

Author:Sharon Saracino [Saracino, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2014-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Kat soon discovered that copious tears were not conducive to safe driving. Speaking of safety, her current watchdog, Alec McAllister, was about as subtle as a two by four across the forehead. The third time Kat pulled over to mop at her eyes, she almost found herself grinning despite her misery; damned if he didn’t pop up right on the hood of her car and wave cheekily before disappearing again. He was making no attempt to conceal the fact that he was tagging along to keep an eye on her, and she was sure it had everything to do with wanting her to know exactly who had put him up to it. She hadn’t spared a thought for her physical safety when she left McAllister’s apartment; she’d been more concerned with protecting her heart and what little pride she had left. Maybe she had subconsciously counted on his ridiculous sense of duty. He didn’t have to give a damn about her personally to feel an obligation to protect her; it was simply the way he was made.

Her day continued its downward spiral when she pulled into her driveway nearly an hour later and spied Luca sprawled on the porch swing with Sid contentedly snoozing on his lap. Fabulous! It hadn’t taken McAllister long to put out the news alert via the Earthbound party line. She refused to even glance in his direction as she dragged her feet up the walk and reached for the loose board where her key was hidden.

“Door’s open.”

“Of course it is,” she sighed tiredly. She finally risked a glance. His eyes never left her, and his placid expression gave nothing away. “C’mon, Sid.” The cat picked his head up and gave her the once-over, yawned widely, and snuggled back down into Luca’s lap.

“Traitor,” she mumbled sadly, shuffling on into the house, closing the door firmly behind her. Maybe she would throw herself a great big pity party, table for one. She tossed her keys on the hall table, and then nearly jumped out of her skin when a subdued pop sounded in the living room. Neither Luca nor Sid had changed position, but they were now reclining on her sagging sofa instead of the peeling porch swing.

“Oh, sorry…where are my manners? Won’t you please come in?” Her voice dripped with a sarcasm she made no attempt to conceal. She couldn’t deal with him right now, not when she already felt so raw and exposed. Of course, he didn’t look like he had any intention of leaving. She hesitated, then decided she might as well get all of the wretchedness out of the way at once; then both Kassian and Luca could go away to fight the bad guys and leave her alone to wallow. She’d been perfectly content with the life she’d made before either of them gate crashed her concept of reality; she’d be absolutely fine when they conveyed themselves back to whatever little black cloud they’d hijacked to get here. She stalked across the hall and fell heavily into the armchair with a resigned sigh.

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