Secret Mates (Hollow Earth Dragons) by Juniper Hart

Author:Juniper Hart [Hart, Juniper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

10

Not surprisingly, the conversation became non-existent following Reef’s confession, but he didn’t have time to worry about how his words had affected Penny. He had been half-expecting a knock at the door, or for an Authority team to appear at any moment, knowing that Elsa had been closely monitoring the mortals—as per his request.

How was he supposed to know that the girl from his dream was real? He’d never had a premonition like that before, but he knew there was a reason his subconscious had sent him such an urgent warning: he needed to protect Penny at all costs.

As impossible as it was for Reef to accept that he was meant to save a mortal, he couldn’t explain away the feeling of headiness that swept over him every time his gaze fell on her. It wasn’t just that the redheaded woman was beautiful. Beauty was something Reef encountered a hundred times a day, both with ethereal beings and the mortals on the Sunside. He was not easily consumed by overwhelming attraction, his tastes more refined than some of his other brothers’. Lennox had always been a ladies’ man, and even Keppler, with whom Reef was closest, never shied away from an attractive being.

But Reef, despite his magnetism, preferred to keep to himself. Not to say he didn’t enjoy the company of the opposite sex; it was just hardly something that weighed on his mind. If anything, Reef preferred the solitude of his own presence to the company of others.

Then why was it so difficult to leave Penny?

It had taken hours to clean the abandoned apartment, although once Reef had gotten through the crux of the spiderwebs, Penny had located some old rags and helped to wipe down the furniture and walls. Reef barely remembered the flat, but that was because he hadn’t been there in at least two centuries. The furniture and staples in the cupboards indicated that there hadn’t been anyone else for a long while, either.

It was the safest place Reef could envision for Penny, as long as she didn’t leave or look out the windows.

“You’re just going to leave me here?” she protested, her eyes huge. “What will I do if someone comes?”

“No one is going to come. There’s no reason for it.” He gestured at the settees and antiquated tables. “This place hasn’t been touched in centuries. There’s no feasible reason for one of my brothers to come here, and no one else would dare.”

“I…” Penny faltered, and Reef could see the desperation on her face. “What will I do?”

“I’ll bring you a tablet or a laptop when I come back,” he promised. “There is realm-wide Wi-Fi down here, so you can surf the net. I won’t be long.”

At least, he hoped that was true. He knew he needed to get to Elsa and ensure she had not only kept her mouth shut, but that she also stayed out of it. And he needed to find Violet, too.

“You have Wi-Fi down here?”

“We have everything they have on the Sunside… except for the sun.

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