Talions 01 - Dark Warrior Unleashed by Alexis Morgan

Author:Alexis Morgan [Morgan, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Man-Woman Relationships, Fantasy Fiction, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Love Stories, General, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781416563426
Google: 2gJJWbHT9XkC
Amazon: 1416563423
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2008-07-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Kerry liked Dame Judith, even though the formidable woman scared her. First of all, there was the whole royalty thing. Then there was the suspicion that the older woman knew everything there was to know about her.

Judith's sharp gaze reminded Kerry of the raptors at the zoo, seeing her in far more detail than she was comfortable with. She felt like a very little mouse with an elegant eagle soaring overhead. Any second now, the woman would swoop down, claws extended, and expose every thought that Kerry had ever had.

"So tell me, my dear, how are you getting along with my Talions?"

Yep, she'd guessed right.

The tea and cookies and polite conversation had been designed to lull her into feeling safe. The gloves were off now.

"Which one do you want me to start with?" Kerry topped off her cup and held the teapot up in an unspoken offer to do the same for Judith.

"Why don't you begin with Sandor?" Judith gave her an encouraging smile.

"Okay." Kerry sipped the tea, buying herself a few seconds. "We had a good time dancing at the club, and we had fun at dinner."

"But?"

Frowning, Kerry tried to find a diplomatic way to tell Judith what it was about Sandor that bothered her. She didn't know if Judith played favorites and didn't want to offend her.

"Don't pull your punches, Kerry. I'd rather have the truth."

"He's obviously strong and probably a good… warrior, I guess is the right word, but he's a little too perfect for my tastes." Setting her cup aside, she struggled to find the words. "He's handsome and quite the charmer when he wants to be—until the subject of Ranulf comes up."

"And that bothered you?"

"It made me furious, actually. Although he's the one who first told me about my being Kyth and what that means, that doesn't make him my Yoda. I don't need him telling me who I can and can't trust."

Feeling agitated, she stood up. "To be fair, I think part of my anger was hearing that I'm not completely human. It gave me the willies to hear him describe what it had been like for me growing up, as if a stalker had been watching me."

"That's understandable, Kerry. You've been through a lot in the past few days, what with the fire and finding out that you're Kyth. As strong as you are, it was still a lot to absorb."

The woman acted as if it were perfectly natural to have a guest power-walking laps around her elegant living room while carrying on a conversation. Maybe it was rude to stay on the move, but ever since Ranulf had walked away, it was all Kerry could do not to go hunt him down.

"And how about Ranulf?"

Kerry smiled. "He's as blunt as Sandor is slick, which I find easier to deal with. It was much easier to accept his explanations of how things are for us, but that might be because I'd already heard some of it from Sandor and just needed confirmation."

She stopped in front of Judith's chair.

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