Blaze by Joan Swan - Phoenix Rising 02 - Blaze

Author:Joan Swan - Phoenix Rising 02 - Blaze [Swan, Joan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense
ISBN: 9780758279224
Google: RHbQ-fwqAkwC
Amazon: B00D9U4JDM
Barnesnoble: B00D9U4JDM
Goodreads: 13542773
Publisher: Brava
Published: 2012-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Jocie,

I hope this makes your future choices easier.

I wish you every happiness.

All my love,

Jason

ELEVEN

Keira wanted a drink. Needed a drink. Would give her next paycheck for a drink.

If she got another paycheck.

Crap, she needed to call her boss. First thing tomorrow. Wait, it was tomorrow. Okay, as soon as she got some sleep.

She watched Luke walk toward the office and lifted her chin to his retreating back. “But he’s drinking.”

“Water.” Luke lifted his glass as he disappeared around the corner, still talking. “The drugs are way better than the booze. Guaranteed.”

“But they take longer,” she muttered as she took the heavy-duty pain relievers from Alyssa, then the glass of water she offered. “Where are the kids?”

“Watching a movie.” Alyssa walked to the office with Keira. “Mateo’s already asleep on Kat’s bed. Kat will be out any second. A soldier is stationed outside their window.”

“This is crazy.” Keira rubbed her forehead.

Mitch was the last to file into the office, a pair of scissors and a comb in one hand, a spray bottle in the other. He grinned and held them up to Keira. “I have something to keep your hands busy. I’m past due on my cut, pixie.”

“I’ll say,” Alyssa muttered, and plopped into the big black leather chair in front of two huge flat-screen computer monitors where X-ray images already filled the space.

Keira cut Mitch’s hair every time they got together. Had even accused him of calling her every six or eight weeks for dinner as an excuse. To date, he’d never denied the allegation. And she loved his company. He was fun, intelligent, sharp, insightful. And he never made moves on her. This bark was all for Luke’s benefit. Or, rather, torture. She and Mitch loved each other differently. The same as she and Teague loved each other. Or she and Kai. Or she and Seth. They were friends. They were family.

“You sure?” she asked. “I haven’t slept in . . . I don’t even know how many hours it’s been.”

She took the supplies from Mitch. With a triumphant grin, he pulled a desk chair from across the room, dropped it in the middle of the office, and straddled it. “I trust you, babe.”

“Are we all settled now?” Alyssa asked.

“Sure, sis. Go ahead.” Mitch picked up a remote from the nearby coffee table and pointed it toward the flat screen in the corner. “ESPN2 is replaying the—”

“No.” Alyssa swiped the remote and took it with her to the desk.

“You can mute it. I just want to—”

“No.”

“I can do more than one thing at a time, Lys—”

“No.”

“Mom always said you were kicking me in the balls from the womb.”

Keira threaded her hands through Mitch’s familiar jet-black hair. A coil of dark emotion spiraled at her from Luke’s direction where he sat on the arm of the loveseat across the small room. Jealousy. Clear and sharp.

She’d done a good job blocking him for hours. But she was tired and hurting, and honestly, she wanted him. Wanted him to fold her into his arms, let her rest there.

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