Vareen & Mica (The Alliance Book 2) by Stormy McKnight

Author:Stormy McKnight [McKnight, Stormy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-06-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“Andani,” Mica was in unfamiliar territory with these feelings of anger toward his sister and it was discomfiting. They were normally very close. “What has gotten into you?”

“I don’t see what you find attractive as a mate in that woman.” Andani held her ground, her chin going up in defiance. “She’s weak, unskilled at anything useful, and quite frankly unworthy of you.”

Mica sighed, “I want you to see what I see in her. She isn’t any of those things Dani.”

His sister opened her mouth to argue when a piercing scream rent the air.

“Var,” Mica instantly charged through the doors and ran as fast as he could to the guest house. He saw Vareen on the ground just before the steps. His sister appeared on the grass beside him and out from the tree line, Luna ran into view.

“What’s wrong?” His sister was pale, but Vareen was much paler.

“She has episodes of extreme pain when trying to remember certain things.” Mica took the pain relief depressor out of his pocket and administered a dose to Vareen’s still form on the ground. “I’m going to put her to bed. I want you to go to the main house and watch the holo-video Var1 on my communicator. I’ll be in to talk with you about your behavior after I get her tucked in.”

“Mica really—”

“Not one more word Dani,” Mica clenched his teeth to keep from saying something he’d regret. “If you keep pushing to make me renounce my claim on Var, it won’t be her that loses me. It will be you, father and the clan that I’ll walk away from. I will choose her.”

Mica stalked away before his sister could say anything further. He knew deep down she wanted the best for him and the clan. He didn’t know if he could hold out long enough for Dani to see that Vareen was the right choice.

Taking small steps to avoid stepping on Luna, he placed Vareen into bed and carefully tucked her in. To his astonishment, the feline curled herself around Vareen and refused to move. Shrugging at the pet’s odd behavior he used the black-out feature on the blinds and made sure the room was dark so Vareen could rest. The medicine should keep her out long enough for him to deal with his acerbic-tongued sister.

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Taking a seat in his living room, staring idly at the fireplace, Mica waited for his sister to join him. The flames weren’t putting off any heat, he had that feature turned off, but he could imagine the comforting warmth despite the lack of real fire.

He knew it was a risk that instead of seeing Vareen as a strong fighter, his sister might take the other route and see her as pitiable. That would be the worst case scenario. The video was hard to watch, but Mica forced himself to view it when he felt his patience wavering. At first, Vareen had tried to avoid answering any questions. As the pain got worse, at every question asked by those foul doctors, Vareen would use him as a shield.

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