The Hunter's Call (Monster Hunter Academy Book 1) by D.D. Chance

Author:D.D. Chance [Chance, D.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943768738
Publisher: Elewyn Publishing
Published: 2020-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

16

I peered more closely at the small ornamental wrought iron gate, not even locked, that stood standing open in the hollow of the archway cut into the ancient stone wall. Then I met Tyler’s way too amused gaze. “Okay, spill it,” I said, trying not to giggle. “Enlighten me.”

“Well, gee, I don’t know,” Tyler said, his mouth tugging into a grin. “What if I were to tell you that if you kissed your true love here, you’d realize what it was you were truly wishing for—and you’d get it?”

“Hmmmm.” A fizzy slurry of excitement bubbled up inside me, and I could feel my cheeks heat. I gave Tyler a return smile, as arch as I could make it. We were flirting, I realized. Me and this gorgeous monster hunter, on the grounds of a one-percenter magic academy. How was any of this possible? “I would say there’d be a line a hundred people deep in front of us, waiting for their chance.”

“Well, maybe they don’t have the right kind of magic to make their wishes come true.” He leaned toward me, and it was the most natural thing in the world for me to lift up on my toes and meet his kiss. This time, there was no crockery around to break, no trees to lose their leaves, but the impact of Tyler’s lips on mine was every bit as powerful. I sucked in a sharp breath and lifted my hands to his chest as he crushed me to him. A jolt of energy rushed through me, quick and hot, catching my nerve endings on fire.

In that moment, I felt like I could take on all the monsters in the world, even the ones that lurked inside the academy, and show them a thing or two about crossing a monster hunter. In that moment, I thought I could stand with Tyler wherever he was, however he needed me, fighting with him, connected with him, wanting to practically consume him, body and soul, Tyler and all the guys—

Wait. All the guys?

Tyler chose that moment to pull away from me, lifting his head as I gasped in my own breath, struggling for oxygen. He stared at me with his intense brown eyes as if the earth had moved under his feet. It certainly had moved under mine, but not entirely in the way I’d expected. Why had I thought about the other guys while I was kissing Tyler? That was weird. That was beyond weird. It was wrong. It was—

“You felt it, didn’t you?” Tyler asked, interrupting my thoughts. “The pull of the collective?”

I jerked back from him, heat rushing to my face. The what? “What are you talking about?” I spluttered, trying to get my bearings. I glanced to the side, then blinked. “Um, Tyler—”

The wishing gate was now hanging off one hinge, its wrought iron bars looking decidedly…melted.

“Right?” he asked huskily. “Man, Nina, we’ve got some serious power going on between us.”

I forced myself to meet his gaze, even as his whiskey eyes flashed with heat.

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