Everywhere and Nowhere (Safe Haven Book 1) by Royce Rebecca

Author:Royce, Rebecca [Royce, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-02T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Hadrian grabbed Hadley as she collapsed, and scooped her up. Furious, he stormed into his bedroom and placed her gently on the bed. Assuring himself that she was still breathing, he bore down on his brother.

“What the hell is going on? I want an answer right now.”

Dragon sighed. “I came here, despite my intentions not to, to assess for myself and report to the king exactly what I thought was happening to Hadley and to figure out if your story regarding her health and need of training was true.”

Hadrian’s blood surged. He stalked over to his brother, invading his space. “Are you calling me a liar?”

“Please.” Dragon rolled his eyes. “Can you spare me the Warrior theatrics? I endured them enough as a child and I won’t put up with them now.”

But Hadrian wasn’t letting this go. “Do you have reason to doubt my word?”

“I have reason to mistrust everything said by a Warrior. I know better than most in just how little regard you hold the truth when your own agenda is involved.”

If Dragon wasn’t careful, Hadrian was going to punch him in the face. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Other than your so-called loyalty to the royal family, the Warriors are by nature completely uninterested in the needs or desires of anyone else in this dimension.”

Hadrian raised his fist and lowered it again. “If you weren’t my brother, I would kill you for that remark. Throughout the history of our people, no one has done more for this dimension than the Warriors. We sacrificed everything time and again for the needs of our people.”

Dragon shook his head. “Only when it fit your own agenda.”

Hadrian roared and Hadley whimpered on the bed. He strode over to her and stroked her hair. “It’s okay, darling, all will be well.”

“That is the second time you have called her ‘darling’ in my presence. What is this newfound affection, Hadrian? Don’t you remember? Warriors throw their women aside daily for self-improvement and honor.”

Dragon had a point. In their dimension, that was precisely what Warriors did to their mates, which was why it required a particular kind of self-involved, tough woman to handle them. Usually a woman from a Warrior family married a Warrior man.

But Hadrian had just come from Earth. He’d seen love over the course of two and a half centuries. Sometimes it lasted, sometimes it didn’t, but he’d be damned if he didn’t want it for himself. He’d touched on it with Annabelle but his recent feelings for Hadley dwarfed any he’d known before.

“When I want your opinion on how I address this woman, I will ask for it. Now explain yourself before I show you just how little I think of Mystics by using my Warrior skills. You said Hadley was not half-Earthling.”

Dragon nodded and paced to the window. “She’s not. I read her aura while we stood in the hall. She is clearly one of us. One hundred percent. This tells me that something has gone awry here.

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