Ever Night by Gena Showalter

Author:Gena Showalter
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Maybe she’d overreacted, Rose thought the next day as she cocooned herself in the cold sheets of her bed. Alone. Aching. As if the fire Vasili ignited had never been doused. Had she stayed with him, she could have woken up in his arms. They could have made love. Down and dirty, nothing taboo. She was more certain than ever that he wouldn’t allow insecurities or hesitation on her part. He would demand everything. And she would give it. Willingly. Eagerly.

But he’d thought about making another woman his “wife” and she’d felt as if he had just punched her in the stomach. Her fury and her jealousy had raged out of control. She couldn’t stand the thought of him with someone else, even for appearances. Even to save his people and his land.

Selfish hussy.

She wished she had a girlfriend to talk to about him, but over the years she’d cut everyone from her life. Or they had run from her. She worked, she trained, she thought about Vasili, and that was it. Which was his fault, damn it! After that first visit to his world, she’d begun to pull herself out of this one. She knew that now. As if she’d known she no longer belonged here. As if she belonged with him.

I want to be with him. Forever. She should have shied away from the thought, but couldn’t. It felt too . . . right. Too perfect. To be pleasured every day the way he’d pleasured her yesterday . . . yes, yes, a thousand times yes. But . . . did he want forever from her? They’d never been together more than a day at a time. Maybe they’d hate each other after a week. Maybe they weren’t compatible. Except in bed. There they’d be magical. No question.

But the get-along thing she couldn’t work out in her mind. Would they or wouldn’t they?

There was only one way to find out. . . .

Return and stay, without letting him drive her away. No matter how much he annoyed her. She nodded, instinctively liking the thought. Yes, she would return and stay for a week.

But first, she wanted to find out some stuff for him. He’d asked her numerous times for names of other Walkers and the dates they visited. She would find out, but she wouldn’t give him the info until she knew why he wanted it.

Moaning, she lumbered from the bed, showered quickly, and dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. Then she made a call.

***

“I was surprised when you contacted me.”

Rose peered over at Nick. Her kind-of ex. They were inside a coffee shop, a round iron table between them, people coming in and out, and bright, hot air blustering through the door. Too bright, too hot. She suddenly missed the dark and cold of Vasili’s world.

What did he call his land, anyway? “Nightmare” just didn’t fit anymore.

“Sorry,” she said, fingers tightening around her mocha latte. “About ignoring you.” For more than a year. “That was rude, and immature, and I feel terrible.

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