Guardian Demon (GUARDIAN SERIES) by Meljean Brook

Author:Meljean Brook [Brook, Meljean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Paranormal romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781101622285
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-08-05T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Taylor never minded tedious grunt work like searching through surveillance. Sometimes murders were solved with a smoking gun in the killer’s hand, but more often than not, convictions came from the details, small bits of evidence that cracked open the case and then piled higher and higher.

And she could focus on the task and still run her brain in the background, mulling over other problems. No surprise that her thoughts settled on Michael, and her mind began turning over doubts.

Because she’d taken that leap of faith, and now they were . . . what? Working on a demon-hunting version of dating? A couple who would boink now and then? She didn’t know. But she didn’t try to stop herself from wondering. She trusted him not to hurt her, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t still afraid of being hurt—and doubts were normal. She could use a hefty dose of that, even if it was the Guardian version of normal.

Humans didn’t have to wonder why a billion-year-old guy was so fascinated by her responses—but a human might have to wonder why a sixty-five-year-old man might go after someone forty years younger.

At least Taylor knew it wasn’t just the sex. Michael didn’t seem to have any interest in getting off.

And the age thing never seemed to matter so much, after a while. Lilith was more than twice as old as Hugh; he was a teenager when they met and they were born more than a millennium apart. Likewise, Irena had over a thousand years on Alejandro, and Alice had a hundred or so on Jake. Savi was younger than Colin’s great-great-great-something nephew. As numbers, the years separating them were overwhelming. But in person, they all matched up. They fit and got along perfectly—and there was no question of their love.

Taylor got along with Michael, too.

But no one had said anything about love. And putting Michael and herself in the same category as those other couples wasn’t the smartest thing to do right now. Because that meant she was already thinking of the future. That meant she might be thinking of forever.

Not without reason. Michael had said that he was hers. He’d said that he cared for her. But what did he even mean by that? A part of her was leaping ahead, hoping it all meant more than he was saying. Another part was dragging her feet, frightened that she might be wrong.

God. Taylor stopped the video, pushed her fingers into her hair. These doubts were normal, but this was moving out of Guardian normal and into teenage territory. Does he like me, or does he like like me?

Stupid. She just had to ask him. And then maybe get a handle on what she felt for him, too.

Though if Taylor was completely honest with herself, she already knew. It was just too terrifying to admit right now.

With a sigh, she rolled her shoulders to loosen tense muscles. The office was mostly quiet, except for the ringing of steel from the conference room.

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