Vikings Unleashed: 9 modern Viking erotic romances by Kate Pearce & Anne Marsh & Crystal Jordan & Zoe York & Shawntelle Madison & Dayna Hart & Loribelle Hunt & Saranna DeWylde & Holley Trent

Author:Kate Pearce & Anne Marsh & Crystal Jordan & Zoe York & Shawntelle Madison & Dayna Hart & Loribelle Hunt & Saranna DeWylde & Holley Trent [Pearce, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: modern, fantasy romance, erotic romance, Vikings, Paranormal Romance, sci-fi romance
Published: 2014-10-07T07:00:00+00:00

17

“Unbelievable.” Harvey paced in front of the worktable in Ollie’s garage and yanked at his hair. “I left you alone for a few days, Tess. You couldn’t hide out for a few days?”

Tess slumped on her stool. “It was longer than a few days. It was more like ten. What did you expect me to do? Do you know how tough that is for me? I’ve spent most of my life as a loner, and now I need people around me. Both of you were gone, and I was desperate for some control. I went after the one of you who was stationary at the moment, which was Ollie.”

“You make it sound like we’re interchangeable,” Ollie said.

“Of course you’re not,” Tess said. “Not even a little.”

Harvey shook his head. “If that were the case, she wouldn’t want both of us. Did you tell him, Tess?”

“Tell me what?” Ollie asked.

Tess gave her head a hard shake and slipped off the stool. “Not now,” she projected.

“Did you tell your kids why you went to Norseton, Ollie?” Harvey asked, “Or did you tell them where you were going at all? Matt’s reaction to Tess doesn’t seem like something that would come from a person familiar with the situation.”

“I told him what he needed to know at the time, and at the time, I didn’t want to fill his head with ideas about something I didn’t know would be a sure bet.”

“But, you came to me willing to fight,” Tess said, sounding understandably piqued.

The asshole was going to rake her over the emotional coals without knowing why, and all Harvey could do was tread carefully. She didn’t want to broach the subject of their permanent arrangement just yet, and he didn’t know why. To him, it made sense they get the discussion out of the way so they can move on. Tess obviously had other plans.

“That hasn’t changed.” Ollie turned to Harvey and crossed his arms over his chest. “I haven’t pushed the issue as of yet because of all the pulls Tess has on her time right now. I don’t want to make her life, or her role, more difficult when she’s still at the bottom of the learning curve and has so many people demanding her attention. If you insist on pushing me, I will insist we lay out the terms of the challenge and resolve this ridiculous triangle once and for all.”

“Ridiculous? Maybe you want to choose your words a little more carefully, man. You’re talking about upheaval and rearranging our life for something uncertain? I did that. The day I found out that Tess was one of ours, I put everything on the back burner to help her family locate her. I didn’t even have a notion that she’d accept me as her consort, and I wasn’t about to suggest that it should be me. I changed everything in my life, though, because I wanted her to have a familiar face to look to in a sea of strangers and someone she trusted to talk to.