Embraced by Blood by Laurie London

Author:Laurie London
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HQN
Published: 2011-07-10T22:00:00+00:00

LILY’S HAIR FELT LIKE SILK in his fingers as he kissed her, trying with every ounce of willpower he had not to get carried away. He could lose himself if he wasn’t careful.

His heart ached with the knowledge of how much he’d hurt her, how he’d caused her to doubt herself and his feelings for her, when all he had wanted to do was protect her from a fate she didn’t deserve. What had he expected? Of course, she’d be hurt. Of course, she’d be angry. God, how he wished things could be different. Then, now and in the future.

He pulled her to his chest.

Face-to-face, he couldn’t completely lie to her, feed her the same bullshit he had when he’d said he’d fallen out of love with her. But she didn’t need to know all the details. Hell, he could barely accept them himself. He’d rather see her expression turn to anger than loathing and disgust. Anything but that. He’d seen that look on his father’s face as well as his brother’s, though even they didn’t know the whole truth. He didn’t know if he could bear to have Lily think that way about him, too.

But holding her, hearing how much pain he’d caused her, tore at the rigid walls he’d constructed around his heart. It was one thing to torture himself, but quite another to torture her.

“I wanted to come back, Lily, start a life together like we’d talked about. It needed to appear as though I had died in the fire, because only then could I live without my past catching up with me.”

“We all thought you had died. Your plan worked. What changed your mind?”

“I didn’t change my mind about you, Lil, but it became clear to me that we didn’t have a future.”

She pushed away from him, confusion and anger in her eyes. “Are you saying that you lied to me about ever loving me?”

Hell, he’d been lying his whole life. The only time he’d ever been truly honest was with Lily. Until he had to lie to her.

He stood and walked to the fireplace, refusing to limp even though his knee was killing him. Blue flames hovered deep inside the tangle of logs, barely moving yet burning hotter than the rest of the fire. Although the warmth from her body lingered on his hands, he felt cold. Absently, he rubbed his palms on his jeans.

“The Alliance discovered I was the mole, and for a short time, they thought I had died in that fire. But if word got out that I’d survived, everything would change. I had to be very careful.”

“You could’ve at least told me.”

“I didn’t want to talk to you then. I didn’t want you to see me like that—my knee shot and in need of a complete regeneration.”

She marched over to him and got in his face as if there wasn’t such a large height difference. Her eyes blazed with such anger that her fangs had to be coming down. She jammed her finger at his chest.

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