Charity Received by Ford Madelyn

Author:Ford, Madelyn [Ford, Madelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781607379935
Amazon: B0056I0MRM
Goodreads: 11161238
Publisher: Loose Id
Published: 2011-04-19T06:00:00+00:00

“Charity,” he whispered, coming to stand in front of her. He grasped her chin, drawing her to meet his gaze.

Tears streamed down her face, but she didn’t even attempt to brush them away. “My father loved me…truly loved me. When we were rescued, my mother took me with her only because females are rare and she could get shit because of me. Until her pack realized there was no mate to fix me, she was treated like a queen.”

“Fix you? Chérie, I don’t understand.” Kash drew her into his arms and cradled her against his chest.

“It was a fluke. A complete fucking fluke. One of the females had managed to escape, taking her infant daughter with her. We thought them both dead. That was what we’d been told. But it was a lie. Regan lived, and before her first shift, she found her true mate, a wolf shifter. With their mating, the fae blood was completely neutralized from her system. Oh, how they paraded me in front of all those males.

Some just boys, others older than my mother.” A bubble of hysterical laughter escaped from her chest. “But no mate for me, so I remain both wolf and fae.”

Kash rocked her slowly, his silence fraying her already tattered nerves. When he finally spoke, she didn’t know what to make of his question.

“What does that mean, chérie?”

“How old do you think I am?” She hid her face in his shirt as she whispered the words. She was about to admit her greatest shame to the one person who could destroy her with his disgust.

“Is this a trick question?” Kash brushed her hair from her wet cheeks. Charity shrugged, trying to look away, but he held firm, studying her features. “While you don’t look a day over twenty, I know you must be at least twenty-one to work at Club Dominus. You have the maturity that comes with age, but that could be due to your childhood.” Kash paused as his eyes continued to probe. “I’d guess you are about twenty-five.”

With a smirk, she broke free from Kash and turned her back on him. Thrusting her hands in her pockets, she glanced up into the night sky. “I’ll be forty-five this June.”

Charity didn’t know what she’d expected. Recriminations. Mistrust. Disgust.

Everything she’d been conditioned to while living with her mother’s pack. When Kash cursed, she flinched. It was just as she’d feared. But what she hadn’t seen coming was what he did next.

He stalked toward her. Charity tried to evade him, wondering where her wolf was when she needed protection. She was being herded like prey. He had her trapped between the wardrobe and the bathroom door when he tried to take her into his arms. She fought for her freedom until his fingers gripped her hair painfully, stilling her movements.

“That is the best damn thing I have ever heard,” he barked harshly. “Christ, I thought I’d lose you to death some day.” And before his words even had a chance to sink in, Kash bit down on her bottom lip.

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