Alpha Guardians Series - The Complete Collection: 650+ Pages Of Sizzling, Fast-Paced Bear and Dragon Shifter Romance by Wood Vivian

Author:Wood, Vivian [Wood, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Vivian Veritas Publishing
Published: 2016-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

6

Chapter Six

Asher stood in the Manor’s living area, watching Kira standing in the backyard with Mere Marie. Mere Marie was instructing Kira on the proper use of a silver magician’s wand. They each held one, using their wands to raise leaves off the grass and move them around in gentle circles. Kira gestured with her wand, stirring every leaf in the back yard and bringing a shower of fresh leaves down from the shady oaks overhead.

Kira threw back her head and laughed, and even Mere Marie looked amused. Asher understood that feeling all too well; when she was happy, Kira was irresistible. When she was sad, her misery made Asher feel like he was drowning, like he couldn’t breathe for wanting to please her.

It was a dangerous cycle, wanting to make everything right in Kira’s world. The responsibility of it, though Kira never asked him for anything at all, had partly driven Asher away.

Asher’s hands clenched. He didn’t want to think about the past. Old memories flooded the space between him and Kira, making the deepest of divides. For the past week, Kira hadn’t even met his gaze, much less spoken to him.

He’d gone against her wishes, hired someone to stay at her place in Union City, feed her cat. Watch for intruders, mostly, though Kira didn’t know that. He’d also called her boss and flat-out told him that Kira was in danger and would likely not return to work for a while, if ever. When Kira found out that he’d made arrangements without asking her first, she’d turned on the silent treatment. Hard.

Kira had an edge to her, the ability to truly freeze someone out, and Asher was feeling it for the first time. He had to admit, he wasn’t liking it very much.

Then again, hadn’t he done the same thing to her? Fifteen years he’d neglected her, fifteen years he’d stayed away. If she hadn’t fallen into his lap, it would have been longer.

But not much. Asher had long felt the clawing drag, the sense of missing a part of himself, of never being complete. The last five years had been especially hard after he’d left military service and wandered, seeking entertainment and employment.

Sighing, Asher turned to Duverjay, who hovered several feet behind him.

“Did you pack everything she might need?” Asher asked the butler.

“I believe so, sir,” Duverjay replied. “I took the liberty of stowing everything in the Mercedes C Class Convertible for your trip. Here are the keys.”

Duverjay offered Asher a slim black keyless entry fob, and Asher took it with a word of thanks. Duverjay had prepared everything necessary for this much-needed surprise.

Now there was just the matter of getting Kira to go along with it.

Luckily for Asher, he’d heard Mere Marie’s thoughts on the matter of their relationship. Knowing that she sided with him, that she expected things between Asher and Kira to right themselves, Asher felt he had a little leeway.

So he’d taken that scant couple of inches, and turned it into a mile. Taking a deep breath, Asher reminded himself of the man he was, the things he’d been through.

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