Destroy: (The Blades of Acktar 3.5) by Mingerink Tricia

Author:Mingerink, Tricia [Mingerink, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Sword & Cross Publishing
Published: 2016-12-30T05:00:00+00:00

Keevan savored the feel of her in his arms, so much more right and sure than anything he’d experienced as a boy. He rubbed his thumb over her chin, stilling when her fingers traced the length of his scar.

Should he kiss her? The look in her deep brown eyes seemed to be asking him to, but he couldn’t be sure. He didn’t dare make a mistake, not with Addie.

He leaned closer until only a whisper’s breath separated them. “May I?”

Instead of answering, she wrapped her arms around his neck, stood on her tiptoes to close the last fraction of space, and kissed him.

He could’ve given in. He could’ve lost himself with the moment.

But, he didn’t. The wiser part of him—the part that had spent much of that afternoon in prayer—held him back.

He pulled away from her and discovered there was something highly satisfying in holding onto his self-control instead of giving in to his raging pulse. Her happiness and honor mattered far more to him that any of his own desires.

A voice broke through the haze. “Now that this all is officially settled, I think it’s time we went to Mama and Papa’s for supper.”

Keevan jerked away from Addie, placing a foot of space between them before he turned.

Frank leaned against a tree, his arms crossed yet again. Behind him, Patrick perched on a boulder, flicking pebbles into the lake.

Patrick snapped another pebble, sending it skipping a full four hops before it sank. “Aren’t Mama and Papa going to be surprised? Their little Addie courting our prince and someday going to be his queen.”

“Frank, Patrick! What are you doing here?” Addie clenched her fists, glaring at her brothers. Red suffused her face from the base of her neck all the way to her hairline.

Frank jabbed a thumb at Keevan. “We’re his guard detail. It’s our job to know where he is.”

“That doesn’t mean you had to spy on us!” Addie dipped both hands in the lake and threw the double handful of water at Frank. Most of the water splattered on the ground, but some soaked into the front of his shirt. “And here I was all polite and nice while you were courting Suzanne. The good little sister helping with the wedding and welcoming my new sister-in-law. I should’ve put burrs in your fancy trousers and watched you squirm through the ceremony.”

“Remind me never to get married.” Patrick tossed another pebble at the lake.

“Me either.”

Keevan spun on his heel, slower this time. Brennen and Samuel stood behind him. Addie’s brothers had them surrounded. He sighed and pointed at Samuel. “You aren’t even a part of my guard detail.”

“Not yet.” Samuel grinned, crossed his arms, and looked for all the world like he was trying to match Frank’s stance. “I got done with training early today.”

Of course he would. Nothing left to do but surrender at this point. Keevan held out his arm to Addie. “I have been craving your mama’s venison stew lately. Shall we?”

Addie gripped his arm, glared at her brothers, and dragged Keevan along with her when she marched off.

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