Ways in the Guardian: A Menage Romance Book Collection by Barbara Downey

Author:Barbara Downey [Downey, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-30T07:00:00+00:00

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“Why did you react like that?” Damien asked Lillian as he parked the car in front of a beach-side shack. The clouds and rain were left behind in Los Angeles and Damien remembered he promised Lillian a beach day, something they hadn’t had in a long time.

“You noticed that?” Lillian said.

Damien shook his head. “You’re my fiancée. I know you like the back of my hand. Your body seized up next to me and you went blank for about a minute.”

“I’m not sure what came over me, honestly. I just felt—something.”

“Well, maybe you need food. A nice big, bloody steak. Hell, we both do.” Damien took Lillian’s hand and led her into the shack. They were seated outside where Damien watched the surfers, occasionally booing when one wiped out, and Lillian still thought about her reaction inside of Alexei Lazarev’s house.

“They don’t have steak,” Damien said, interrupting her thoughts as he went through the menu. “But they have a killer seafood plate. We can share it.”

“Sounds good!”

When the food came, they ate in silence. Lillian couldn’t remember having something so tasty. Unfortunately, they would have no leftovers to bring home. Her appetite combined with Damien’s meant food disappeared quickly.

“Too bad we didn’t bring a blanket to sit on,” Lillian said when they left the shack and walked along the shore holding hands. It was just after five and the beach was partially empty. It was also getting a bit chilly, which is probably why the beach wasn’t as crowded as it usually was.

“I don’t mind sitting on the sand without a blanket,” Damien said.

Lillian scoffed. “Well, I do. And I have on shorts. The feeling of sand on my legs bothers me.”

“Is that a werewolf thing?”

“Not that I know of,” Lillian shrugged her shoulders.

They found a secluded area of the beach to sit, Lillian taking extra caution to keep her legs off the sand. Damien shook his head and chuckled. Lillian had a mix of human and werewolf traits that caused her to be an extremely peculiar person. Seemingly little things set her off whereas at seemingly big things she barely batted an eyelash. But Damien loved all of her peculiarities. They made Lillian, Lillian.

At around seven o’clock, the sun started its descent. But neither Lillian nor Damien budged. Sitting on the beach, like the other young people around them, pushing their worries aside, was something they didn’t have the luxury of doing. They wanted to relish the moment, because it was one they didn’t expect to have for a while.

Nearby fireworks startled Lillian and she jumped up in the blink of an eye. Fireworks, thunder and other loud sounds really set her off, so Damien decided now was the time for them to leave. Judging Lillian’s werewolf night eyes far better than his own, he asked her to drive, which calmed her down from the fireworks that had scared her.

It was just before nine when they walked up the stairs to their apartment. Their elderly neighbor, Mrs. Stein, whose phone they often used, opened the door to her apartment and poked her head through.

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