Vari's Choices by Laura Jo Phillips

Author:Laura Jo Phillips [Phillips, Laura Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romantic, Sword & Sorcery
Amazon: B01IZ624HC
Publisher: Kathleen Honsinger
Published: 2016-07-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Vari awoke from a sound sleep and sat straight up in the ginormous bed of the master suite, where the men had brought her after dinner. She blinked sleepily as she tried to determine what had awakened her.

“Pandora?” She spoke silently, not wanting to wake the men sprawled around her. “Is that you?”

“Yes, it’s me. I need to talk to you.”

“Where are you?”

“Outside the door. Shall I wait in our room?”

“No,” Vari replied. “Give me a moment.” She climbed off the bed, taking care not to wake up the men. She picked up a discarded t-shirt from the foot of the bed that, from the scent, belonged to Kai. She slipped it on, noting that it covered her to just above her knees. She glanced quickly at the men to see if all critical body parts were covered. “Come on in,” she told Pandora.

There was a moment of silence, then a tiny light hovered in front of Vari’s face. “You want to remain in here?”

“Yes. If I leave they’ll wake up, and I’d rather not disturb them.” She walked over to the small table and sat down on one of the four chairs surrounding it.

“All right,” Pandora said, settling on the table in front of Vari.

“What’s the matter?”

“I need to tell you something.”

Vari swallowed hard. Never in all the years Pandora had been her companion had she seen her so sad. It took only a moment for Vari to understand why. “The Leaper is within your range.”

“Yes.”

“I’m ready,” Vari said after a long silence. “Tell me.”

Pandora took a deep, shuddering breath. Then she began to talk.

A few minutes later Vari was struggling to hold her sobs in check as the tears streamed down her face. “Vari, what’s the matter?” Declan asked from the bed.

Vari could only shake her head, unable to speak.

“I think I’ll go back to our room now,” Pandora said.

“You can stay here if you want, Pandora,” Vari said silently since speech was beyond her at the moment.

“Thank you Vari, but I think I'd rather be alone if you don't mind.”

“Of course I don’t mind. Try to get some rest.”

As soon as Pandora was gone, Declan got out of bed and pulled his pants on, then approached Vari. “Tell me what’s wrong, Vari, please,” he said in a soft voice. For some reason, that caused her to start crying uncontrollably. She barely noticed when Declan lifted her out of the chair and cradled her close. She turned her face into his chest and let the tears come without fighting them.

Declan looked up when Kai and Jay both climbed out of bed. “Declan, what’s going on?” Kai asked as they approached.

“I don’t know,” Declan replied, looking down at the sobbing woman in his arms. “I woke up to find her sitting here at the table talking with Pandora. After Pandora left I asked Vari what was wrong, and she started crying.”

Declan crossed the room to an area where four deep, cushioned chairs sat in a circle. He sat

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