Sacred Spite by Nadia Heaton

Author:Nadia Heaton [Heaton, Nadia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Southern Heat Publishing
Published: 2019-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

14

One moment, Savion was stepping carefully over a rock. The next, he was flat on his back, staring up at the few stars visible through the branches above. His automatic reaction was to leap up, but something was pinning him down. A quick look told him that it was nothing visible. Magic.

Movement caught his eye. Fleur stepped out from behind a tree. Savion stopped struggling, relaxing against her restraint. He knew she wouldn’t hurt him, and if she needed him to be restrained to feel comfortable, then who was he to deny her?

Magic flowed from her fingertips, causing every muscle in his body to clench. It wasn’t exactly visible; it was more like a disturbance on the air. On anyone else, Savion would have hated it. On Fleur, the look was sexy.

He looked up at her, glad that he, at least, seemed free to move his eyes about. Savion tried speaking, and found that his voice worked, though he still couldn’t move anything other than his jaw and tongue. “That’s not necessary. I won’t hurt you.”

Fleur was frowning at him, as though trying to figure him out. “What are you doing here, Savion?”

There were so many possible answers to that question. Savion didn’t even consider lying to her. There were many reasons, but he gave the one that, to him, seemed the most true in this moment. “I wanted to see you again.”

He read surprise in her face, and she seemed to soften a little. “Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to spy on a coven of witches? Especially for a vampire? You could have been killed.”

Savion gave her his best roguish grin. “Nah, you wouldn’t have let that happen. That was you with the deer, wasn’t it? You knew the spell sensed us, so you somehow caused the deer to burst through the clearing. You knew I was there the whole time.”

“Of course I did,” Fleur snapped. “You’re lucky I was in a generous mood. Mirabelle would have broken you and your friends into tiny pieces.”

“Why is it you can sense me, but none of the others could?”

Fleur shrugged, blushing slightly. “I – I have more power than them. And I’m more attuned to you than they are.”

“Attuned to me, huh?”

“Shut up, don’t let it go to your head. It’s just because I’ve spent more time with you than the rest of the coven has. Most of them haven’t even met you.” Her eyes were twinkling, belying the abruptness of her words.

“Nice dancing. I never realized quite how sexy coven spells were for witches.”

Fleur gave him a small smile, completely unembarrassed. It was then that Savion realized she’d been dancing like she had on purpose, for him.

“Well, well, I guess I’m not the only one interested in being wooed. Is there somewhere we can go, to talk?”

Fleur’s barriers came back up at those words, distrust coloring her tone. “Why? What’s wrong with right here?”

“I don’t want to hurt you, Fleur, or your coven. You know that. That’s why I submitted to the truth spell, so that you would believe me.

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