Geared for Pleasure by Grace Rachel

Author:Grace, Rachel [Grace, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781101560693
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2012-03-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Dare let her damp hair hang over the edge of the claw-foot tub she’d found waiting for her in her room. It looked heavy, made of stone with copper conduction bars lining the outside—very similar to the baths in the women’s suite of the Siren, though those had been bolted in.

Freeman must have done this for her. Her initial instincts about him had been correct. He was kind.

The water that filled it was steaming, and Dare had no thought to resist its lure. She toed off her boots and shed her grime-covered clothes before lowering herself in its soothing depths.

She tried to piece all that had happened together in her mind. All the wonders and horrors she had seen, along with the queen’s words. Cyrus was alive. Her other half. Against every odd imaginable they had found each other this far from the palace. It was a relief, if she were honest. Cyrus was a true leader. He would know the next steps they needed to take to save Queen Idony.

Would he understand what Dare had done? What she had risked and the company she’d kept since last they met?

He had always been the most honorable of the both of them. Had always followed the rules of Wode. Would he hear her when she explained the truths she’d discovered about the Raj members and their science ministry?

She bit her lip, sinking lower into the heated water. Would he forgive her for Bodhan?

Since she had seen the queen’s message from Idony’s own mouth and her companion guard had appeared, Dare felt pulled in two directions. Her old life beckoned with its security, the family she’d always known, and a lifetime of memories.

Though her adoration and dedication to the queen could not be questioned, and she knew she would find a way to restore her to her throne or willingly sacrifice her life in the process, she was no longer sure that she could return to her former self.

This life called her, too, despite its chaos and her lack of balance. Perhaps because of it. She still needed so many answers. Why the queen had kept so many secrets from her, why people reacted so strangely to the mark she’d been born with. In fact, the only thing she didn’t question was Bodhan. A man full of secrets who was never what he appeared to be. Yet, from him, she had received only honesty. Felt only truth and passion.

He was real. What she felt for him was real. She had no inkling what future there was to be had with the owner of the Siren, but she desired it. Wanted there to be a way. The knowledge was as frightening as it was freeing.

She wanted to be with him.

The door creaked open and she sensed him without opening her eyes. His relief at the sight of her. Desire. She smiled. “Bodhan.”

“I think we need to clear the air between us.” A boot fell with a thud to the floor and she knew he was undressing.

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