Harlequin Nocturne July 2015 Box Set: Goddess of Fate\Possessed by the Fallen by Alexandra Sokoloff

Author:Alexandra Sokoloff
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Nocturne
Publisher: Harlequin

Chapter 6

“Don’t let go,” Lark whispered in Jack’s ear, although there was no one there to see them. Their kiss had left her in an intimate mood she couldn’t bear to break.

“Why not?” Jack’s fingers traveled lightly down her arms, leaving a trail of gooseflesh in their wake.

It was oddly erotic, to be touched by invisible hands, to experience a man only by his voice and the heat of his flesh. Lark leaned into him, spinning out the moment a little longer. “The glamour will break if we are not skin to skin. It does not need to be much. Holding hands will do.”

By way of reply, Jack gripped the handcuff that still dangled from her wrist. She heard a metallic snick. He’d chained his wrist to hers.

“Why did you do that?” she demanded, tugging on the cuff because the primal part of her demanded she struggle.

“Now we’re bound together,” he said with more than a tinge of sarcasm. “Just so we don’t lose one another.”

Invisible or not, she had a good enough sense of where he was to deliver a sharp kick to his shin. He grunted, but it didn’t satisfy her as much as it should have.

“If you trust me so little, why am I helping you?” she said in a low, angry voice.

“I wish I knew.” His fingers laced firmly through hers. “But given our history, I don’t know what’s real between us and what’s just business.”

There was nothing Lark could say to that. She wished it wasn’t true.

Cursing silently, she followed him toward the distant palace. Visiting the king hadn’t been in her plans, although they were heading in the right general direction for her next appointment. She would slip Jack’s leash when the time came to finish tonight’s mission. After all, she’d already proved she could get out of the cuffs.

The walk to the gates was a good half hour. It had been years since Lark had held a glamour on more than just herself for that long. By the time they approached the palace, she was starting to get a headache.

A silver limousine pulled up the moment before they arrived, and when the huge, wrought iron gates swung open, Lark and Jack followed the vehicle through. There were no wards in place against the supernatural, so Lark’s magic tripped no alarms. That might have seemed a ridiculous gap in security, but the Night World was a secret known only to the royals and their trusted circle. Most humans had no idea magic was real, and the vampires and werewolves who guarded the king weren’t about to install a security system against themselves.

Of course, getting past the gate was only the beginning. They had to make it across the grounds, where the overflow of wedding guests wandered the flower gardens and fountain plazas in search of a little fresh air. Dodging people who couldn’t see her wasn’t as simple as it sounded—not when she had to be utterly silent. Not with Jack’s fingers wrapped around hers as if he’d never let her go.

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