Merry & Seduced by Shelley Munro

Author:Shelley Munro [Munro, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi romance, Christmas romance, shapeshifer, New Zealand
Publisher: Munro Press
Published: 2014-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Amme didn’t sleep well, and before she considered the early hour, she commed Camryn.

“What’s up?” Camryn asked, her tone thick with fatigue.

“Sorry. Did I wake you?”

“It’s okay. Just a sec, let me put the com on speaker so Ry can hear.”

“No!” Amme blurted. “I don’t want to talk to Ry. Just you.”

“Oh?”

Amme prowled across the floor of her bedroom and turned to pace back to the bed when she ran out of floor space. “Marcus didn’t use a condom last night.”

“But you can’t… Oh,” Camryn said. “I guess the conversation became sticky.”

“I saw his reaction. He thought I was trying to trap him.”

“Did he say that?”

“No, he tried to apologize but I moved back to my room.”

“What do you want to do?”

“I want him to trust me,” Amme said. “I like him.”

“Oh, Amme.” Compassion filled her friend’s voice. “We’re leaving at the beginning of January.”

“Don’t you think I know that? I keep telling myself we have no future, but…but…” Amme blinked to stop the weird tingling currently messing with her vision. “That’s not all. I’m sure I’m malfunctioning. My heart-pump keeps going too fast. My sight goes blurry at the oddest moments. And my receptors seem to be faulty. Remember I told you my system attaches to a child and I feel a compulsion to look after them and keep them safe?”

“Yes,” Camryn said.

“Well, I’m getting the same compulsion with Marcus. My tronics need a service.”

Camryn snorted out an abrupt laugh. It stopped mid-sound, as if she’d slapped a hand over her mouth.

“It’s not funny.”

“Amme, I’m sorry. I’m not laughing at you. Well, I am, but in a good way. I think you’ve fallen in love with Marcus.”

“What?” No. “It isn’t possible.”

“Think about it. You have the same symptoms I had with Ry. Apart from the tattoo business. That’s what falling in love feels like. Your pulse races. Your emotions go up and down. You’re in love with Marcus.”

“Well, it’s annoying. How do I self-correct?”

Camryn chuckled. “Unfortunately that’s not an option. Don’t worry. We have a lot to keep us busy. We’ll keep your mind off Marcus. Should Ry and I come for breakfast?”

“Yes.” Amme didn’t think for one min Camryn was right, but it wouldn’t hurt to have her friend—all her friends—around to act as a buffer. She issued a heavy sigh as she disconnected the com to Camryn. Never had two weeks seemed so long.

Marcus was up early, despite approving of a Sunday morning lie in. Might as well get up now because he wasn’t sleeping. He dressed in shorts and a T-shirt and checked on Autumn. She was awake.

“Hi, sweetheart. Do you want to get dressed?”

She nodded. “You need to do my hair.” She shot him an uncertain—no, doubtful glance, one that pricked at his ego. “I want pigtails.”

He found her clothes—a bright pink T-shirt and denim shorts—and even managed to brush and bunch her hair into pigtails as per her little girl instructions. Bossy much? She probably got that from him.

“Do we need to do anything else?”

“No.

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