Marked for Danger by Leeland Jennifer

Author:Leeland, Jennifer [Leeland, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781611185676
Publisher: Loose Id
Published: 2011-11-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

What the fuck happened? Carina opened her eyes slowly. A med facility. That was good. But she remembered the death, the fire, the burning. The destruction had been incredible. She'd seen it before she'd collapsed. What had that alien done to her? He'd spoken the words, and she'd known them, said them, let the fire rise within her.

And what did that make her? Some kind of paranormal freak.

Xandros was in a chair at the foot of the bed, his head resting on his arms. She stared at him. He was her marked mate, and she didn't know what the fuck that meant.

That power. She didn't know what it was or what it was for. Her memories shouldn't have returned either. A mind wipe was permanent; the only known treatment was to submit to a brain scan on Teran Five. Yet she'd regained her memories without any help at all. Well, after some intense sex with Xandros Jasper.

She wondered what it all meant.

The med door opened, and a beautiful woman strode in. She wore a white flight suit and had auburn hair that shone in the artificial lights. When she pulled up a chair and sat beside Carina, her expression was serious. “How are you feeling?"

"I don't know,” Carina answered truthfully. “I've been kidnapped, mind wiped, found out I was part of some mystical prophecy bullshit, and some alien asshole said a few words which made me burn a few thousand soldiers to a crisp. How should I feel?"

The other woman's lips twitched. “If you have your memories, then you know who I am."

Carina glanced away. She knew. “Princess Sera Ellysa Placido, last heir to the Placidian throne."

The woman stood up, her back straight. “Yes. And apparently your target."

Carina shifted, uncomfortable under the woman's perceptive gaze. “I have a job to do."

The princess nodded. “Destroy the Brotherhood. My death wouldn't have mattered to you."

"I wasn't planning on actually killing you."

Princess Sera lifted her lips in a small, tight smile. “Not unless you had to.” The woman glanced down at Xandros's sleeping form. He hadn't even woken up. “He loves you, you know,” she said casually.

"Right,” Carina said bitterly. “I'm his newest acquisition, nothing more, Princess."

The princess cocked her head to the side. “We had to pry you from his arms."

Carina shrugged, even though her heart warmed at the thought. “I'm an expensive acquisition."

Princess Sera shook her head. “Pity."

"What is?” Carina asked reluctantly.

The other woman stared at Xandros's bent head. “He went into the Nyral rage when the Brotherhood took you. At that distance, it's rare. I've never seen the kind of connection between marked mates."

What could Carina say to that? She stared at the ceiling. “Yay me?"

The princess snorted, a very unladylike sound. “Yeah. It's not all it's cracked up to be, is it?” She stroked Carina's cheek. “Leo has talked about you so often. I feel as if I know you."

Carina glared at the woman. “You don't."

"Oh?” The princess raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow. “Pissed that we interfered in your death wish, are you?"

"Yes,” she hissed under her breath.

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