SUN GOD SEEKS...SURROGATE? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Author:Mimi Jean Pamfiloff [Pamfiloff, Mimi Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Published: 2012-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

“Penelope. My name is Emma Keane. Can you hear me?” I felt a gentle pat on my arm. “I think she’s waking up,” the female voice whispered.

When my eyes cracked open, they encountered a redheaded woman, about my age, standing next to Gabrán.

Then, one of the largest men I’d ever seen in my life, dressed in dark gray cargo pants and a snug black T-shirt, stormed into the room. His midnight black hair, streaked with indigo blue, hung past his broad shoulders. His angry eyes, a fierce, iridescent turquoise green very similar to Kinich’s, were nothing shy of scary. He even smelled scary, like smoke. Maybe he could give me deodorant tips, since I was now spontaneously catching on fire.

“Tell me what happened,” he ordered me.

The young woman elbowed him. “Let’s help her off the floor and explain who we are before barking commands, honey.”

He grunted and shot a look at Gabrán, who then help me onto the couch in the corner of the room.

“I am Guy Santiago, Kinich’s brother. This is my fiancée, Emma.”

I nodded, knowing exactly who they were. This was the god who was going to marry the Payal.

I made a sad, little, wave-like gesture. “Penelope.”

Gabrán spoke up immediately and began retelling the story of the Maaskab and Kinich, leaving the part about my spontaneous combustion until the end.

Emma turned to me. “What were you thinking about the moment it happened?”

I blinked.

Okay, maybe this was like being at the doctor. As embarrassing as it might feel, I had to answer the question openly and hope the experts would know what to do with the information. “If you must know, I’d been thinking about how badly I wanted to sleep with Kinich.”

There was a low, stifled chuckle from Guy and Gabrán.

“He’s a total hotty, that’s for sure.” Emma cracked a smile.

“What?” Guy said. “You have desires for my brother?”

Emma patted him on the cheek. “Baby, that was a little joke. Get it, ‘hotty.’ He’s the Sun God?” Guy kept glaring. “Oh, you’re so cute when you’re jealous,” she said. “Or, is it scary? I’m not sure. But in any case, you know that no one stacks up to you.”

Her exaggerated reassurance seemed to placate the beast of a man.

“Sorry, Penelope,” Emma said, “I meant, what were you thinking about the moment you felt your body heat up?”

Oh. That. “About the monsters who took my mother and attacked Kinich—can we talk about that later?” I was not ready to face the truth about what was going on with me personally. There were much, much bigger issues at play.

And yes. Denying reality was a gift. So sue me.

I glanced at Kinich’s immobile body. “Do you know what’s wrong with him? How to help him?”

Guy ignored my questions. “Bastards. I’ll kill every last one of them.”

“Stop,” Emma warned. “Let’s leave the revenge until later.”

“I can’t help myself.” Guy began pacing. “The Maaskab have obviously been honing their weapons against us. Look at him. Kinich is completely useless to us like this.

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