Predator's Serenade by Rosanna Leo

Author:Rosanna Leo [Leo, Rosanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00EH7IU1I
Goodreads: 18241565
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2013-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Early the next morning, Soren watched Gioia play with her food at the breakfast table. He’d personally piled her plate high with eggs and bacon and sausage, a gastronomical feast, but she wasn’t interested. She hadn’t consumed more than a sip of coffee. She might think she was fooling him by rearranging her scrambled eggs on the plate, but he saw exactly what made it to her mouth. After all, he did spend a lot of time concentrating on her mouth. He frowned and then glanced at Ryland and Lia, their breakfast companions. His brother and sister-in-law frowned back.

Gioia looked at him. “I’m not hungry. I’m going to go look for him.”

He reached for her hand under the table. “No. You stay here, and I’ll look for Gunnar. Let me talk to him, man to man.” He nodded at the others. “Make her eat something.”

She looked at him, despondent, and then pulled a face at her bacon.

He knelt at her side and put a finger on her chin, guiding her gaze back to him. “Hey,” he whispered. “I’ll fix this. I promise.”

Tears formed behind her lenses, making her dark eyes appear as enormous as those of a Disney heroine. “What if it can’t be fixed?”

He leaned over and kissed her lightly on the mouth. “Anything can be fixed.” He smoothed a hand over her thigh toward her hip. “And when I get back, we’re going to pick up where we left off last night. I’m going to take all your sadness away and make you feel so good.”

She blinked her tears away and offered him a little smile. “I’d like that.”

“Done.” His heart swelling, Soren stood and kissed her on the top of her head. He turned to Ry. “You’ll keep an eye on Gioia for me and make sure no pheromone-inspired boyfriends come her way?”

Ry nodded. “Yeah, we’ll keep the crazies away.”

“Thanks,” Soren replied. “Drop her off at my suite in an hour.” He turned to Gioia. “I’ll be there waiting for you.”

She smiled and picked up a rasher of bacon, nibbling on the edge. Gratified to see her eat because she’d need a whole lot of energy for what he had in store for her, Soren exited the buffet and went off in search of his protégé.

* * * *

Gunnar wasn’t at the tree or in any of the restaurants or even by the lake. After half an hour of searching, Soren became alarmed. He’d figured the bear boy would do as he used to do as a turbulent teen: run off into the woods and snack on a huge fish from the lake. And then it hit him. When Soren was upset, the best therapy was pounding his drums. Berating himself for not thinking of it sooner, he headed to the conference room where his kit was stored.

Sure enough, he heard Gunnar before he ever saw him. The loud smashing on the bass drum had him wondering if his kit would survive the boy’s outburst. He opened the door and walked into the room.

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