The Change (Unbounded Series #1) by Branton Teyla

Author:Branton, Teyla
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-939203-29-8
Publisher: White Star Press
Published: 2013-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

STEFAN CARRINGTON WAS EVERYTHING JUSTINE had intimated he would be. He was tall and well built, and the magnetism in his sky-blue eyes was palpable. His short hair was so blond I couldn’t tell if there was any gray. His broad, tanned face showed fine lines, but instead of aging him they lent his face character and experience. He was the type of man even a teenage girl would have been proud to claim as a father, and whose friends would have sighed over with girlish longing every time they were in his presence. He looked familiar to me, not as father being instinctively recognized by a child, but as someone I’d seen somewhere before. I hadn’t expected that.

“Erin,” he said, holding out his arms in welcome. “I’m so glad to finally meet you.” He hugged me warmly before holding me out at arms’ length, studying my features. “Your pictures don’t do you justice. You’re a beautiful, beautiful young woman. Not much of me in your face, but the hair, that’s mine.”

“My mother’s too,” I said stiffly, the anger building inside me as I remembered the last time I’d seen her.

“And your Unbounded ancestor’s.” He laughed. “I wish I could see Ava’s face now.”

I smiled, though I felt absolutely no joy in the comment. I couldn’t tell if what he said was sincere or not. I could sense nothing from him. His mind was as dark to me as Keene had gone.

“Ah, but let me introduce you to Tihalt McIntyre.” With a hand on my shoulder he angled me to several large windows where a man waited, a mug of something in his hands. “Tihalt is one of my two partners who help run this great organization.”

I caught an impression of brown hair washed with gray, a narrow face, slim build—definitely Unbounded—and then he was offering his hand. “Welcome, Erin. Very nice to meet you.” To my surprise, he took my hand and kissed it, all the while holding my gaze with green eyes that reminded me of Keene’s. “My son has told me good things about you,” Tihalt added. His gaze went to where Keene stood stiffly by the door. They hadn’t greeted each other in any way that I had seen, but I’d been a little occupied.

Like Stefan, Tihalt exuded no emotion I could sense. Tihalt resembled Keene more than Cort, though his expression was decidedly more on the intellectual side like his Unbounded son. He let my hand go. To Stefan, he said, “I’ll take my son for debriefing and let you two get acquainted. I’m sure I’ll have many opportunities to get to know your beautiful daughter.”

Stefan inclined his head. “Maybe we’ll have another alliance soon.”

Tihalt smiled. “Perhaps.”

Tihalt walked to the door and without a word, Keene followed. He glanced at me once, and I thought he might be silently wishing me good luck.

I didn’t need it or anything else from him. My plan was securely in place.

“I’ll bet you could use a drink after your flight,” Stefan said.

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