Samuel De Champlain by Adrianna Morganelli

Author:Adrianna Morganelli [Morganelli, Adrianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780778724506
Publisher: CRABTREE PUB
Published: 2005-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

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He was playing with fire and he knew it. He should take her back to her home tonight. He put security in place to protect her and he shouldn't keep her; the temptation was too great.

Yet as he watched her standing at the iron rail of the balcony, he couldn't help wanting to be just a little bit selfish, just for tonight.

He'd built this house after his return from college. It was his retreat, his fortress, his home, the only place he could be himself, where he had combined the elements of his human life with that of the Nadiriana culture. It was the only place he felt comfortable. He'd never brought another person here.

Elana thought she put him out by sleeping in what she assumed was his bedroom. He'd had the main part of the house structured as any home on the surface would be and there were times he used the bed she slept in. But more as a remembrance of his life before the change had taken place.

Those years in Nadiriana had altered him forever, and below the facade of the human house were the rooms fashioned after his nest dwelling below the sea. They were the rooms that brought him comfort, where he spent most of his time. It was the remembrance of the simple, peaceful existence of the Nadiri that made all of this bearable. It was the human need inside him, the blood of his true people, and the desire to help them, that kept him here.

The Nadiri had always made him feel welcome. They had saved his life, gifted him with the abilities to help his own people. For many years he had felt no longer a part of the human half of his spirit, yet he couldn't bring himself to give up this world completely. Something inside him wouldn't let that happen.

He longed for the wisdom of Kasipy, for his acceptance of all of who he was. But Kasipy couldn't survive here in this world; he belonged in Nadiriana. Danael had returned there twice since his return to the surface and Kas had always accepted and welcomed him, made him feel a part of something he couldn't feel back on the surface.

He had limited his visits because the urge to stay there, the need to share his life with someone, was stronger each time. He'd never found another to fill that void as Kas had always done. But as he now looked at Elana, he began to wonder if there was someone who could accept both parts of him here in this world.

She'd allowed the Nadiri in him to make love to her and had seemed to revel in it, never looking at him in horror, but rather in pure, unadulterated lust. Could she possibly understand his secrets; could he trust her?

She turned and the breeze pulled at her hair.

"This is so beautiful here. I can understand how you wouldn't want to leave it."

"Can you?" He walked toward her and sifted his fingers through her silky hair.

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