Sinnerman by Mary Calmes

Author:Mary Calmes [Calmes, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
ISBN: 9781615819218
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2011-06-23T05:53:06+00:00

V

THE risk, Jael had explained to me over dinner that night, which was maroon-colored soup for him and a roast beef sandwich for me, was that sometimes when a warder and hearth parted, the hearth went mad. Frank’s obsession, from what Jael said, was on the healthy side compared to what he had seen and heard.

The best-case scenario, outside of a hearth and warder growing old together, was that the hearth left the warder, as Frank had done, and not the other way around. When a warder left, he or she left behind a broken heart and took away a whole other world at the same time. To be the hearth of a warder meant that you knew more than most people, understood that supernatural forces were real, and had to be, for another person, their whole life. A lot of hearths could not separate their warrior from the person they loved, and that was fine as long as the love remained. When it was time to say goodbye, it was a lot to give up.

Jael understood Frank’s desire to hold on to the piece of power that he had.

“He probably does want you back, Jaka,” he said, using my warder name, my call sign, handle, whatever it was, instead of my given name. “Paris is luminous, but how can it compare to the adrenaline rush of living with a warder?”

“I’m thinking Paris beats killing demons any day of the week.”

“For you.”

“For anybody with a brain.”

He chuckled low and deep and reached out to put his hand on my face. “You’ll make a very pragmatic sentinel one day.”

“Me?” I laughed at him. “You’ve got me mixed up with Marcus or Ryan.”

He shook his head. “Rindahl hates warding and does only what he must. It’s why he keeps his life with Julian so separate. You can’t lead what you don’t even want to follow.”

“I guess,” I conceded. “But Marcus?”

“Marot’s dreams are in the physical world with Joey, and he won’t jeopardize those to lead.” He lifted his hand to shut me up when I tried to interrupt him. “Leith is far too gentle for the job, and Malic is far too rash.”

“Malic would get us all killed.” I smiled at Jael.

“Not purposely.” He nodded. “But yes. He thinks you are all as strong as he is.”

“Aren’t we?”

“No. Malic is strongest, Rindahl fastest, Leith is the most logical, and Marot is the caretaker. I have never seen anyone, even in the heat of battle, check and know where everyone else is.”

“That’s why he should be sentinel.”

“If Marot were sentinel, no chance would ever be taken. He fears loss more than any man I know.”

“And me? What am I good at?”

“Normally you’re the one who leads, Jaka. Any of the others would follow you anywhere. It’s a gift.”

I thought about his words. “You said normally.”

“Yes. You’re not yourself. You seem to be in the middle of some crisis of faith that I can’t help you with.”

“I’ll get over it.”

“I hope so.”

“But what if I never find another hearth?”

He shrugged.

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