The Girl from the North (Pathway of the Chosen Book 1) by Cat Bruno

Author:Cat Bruno [Bruno, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Painted Quill Publishing
Published: 2014-11-10T05:00:00+00:00

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When the sun rose the next morning, Louissia hurried from the small room that she shared with Talia and made her way to the Academy, more quickly now that she knew the way so well. She veered by the library and headed toward the students’ quarters, where she hoped that she would find Pietro. When she had found the letter in Kennet’s office, Louissia had wanted to search for Pietro right away, but she had had to hurry back to the tavern. Nearing Pietro’s door, she wondered how he would react to the information she had and hoped that she would leave with coins in her hand.

Remembering which door was Pietro’s, she approached it cautiously, uncertain if it was magicked, about which she knew little. She slowly lifted her hand and tapped the door, stepping back and waiting for him to open it. The sun was only just making its rise from the eastern side of the campus, toward the coast as Louissia pressed her ear to the heavy teak door, listening for movement.

When she felt a hand tap her shoulder, Louissia jumped. Turning around, she relaxed as she stared upon an older Tretorian woman carrying a large covered bowl in her tanned hands. The woman smiled at Louissia, a look that hinted that she knew that she had been spying, and before Louissia could correct her, the door was swinging open. The small woman entered the room, holding the food before her like an offering. Louissia did not want to miss the chance to enter, and she quickly followed her into the room and blushed deeply as she saw Pietro standing across the clean room in only underclothes, his chest bare.

“Louissia, what brings you here this morning? Am I being given women with my morning meal now?”

She could hardly speak, and, when she tried, the words were mumbled together, until Pietro raised a hand, silencing her. Then, he turned his attention to the woman that Louissia had followed into the room, taking the plate that she offered and directing her to a pile of dirty robes. The woman nodded, grabbed the robes, and departed, leaving Pietro and Louissia alone.

Her cheeks burned red as she listened to his steps across the stone floor, and she could feel him nearing her.

Then, he was in front of her, lifting her chin with his fingers until she could do nothing but stare into his clear eyes. Her breath caught in her throat as she remembered how violent he had been with her, yet now he was smiling and handsome, smelling of jellied bread and eyes twinkling and light. Her legs were shaking underneath her, and Louissia wondered if he could hear her heart thumping in her chest.

Again, she opened her mouth to talk, uncertain how to begin, but Pietro moved his fingers from her chin to her lips, holding them there until Louissia was melting with the urgency to taste them, her face burning with shame. Her cheeks burned anew as she felt him pressing into her, his body covered with a healer’s robe, but bulging beneath his waist.

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