Trial by Fire by Lea Kirk

Author:Lea Kirk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction romance, mature heroine, mature hero, winged aliens, aliens with wings, flying aliens, silver fox, enemies to lovers, phoenix, mail order brides, Intergalactic Dating Agency, fated mates, older characters, golden years, Earth, immortal, m/f, raptor, scifi romance, SFR, Lea Kirk, mature, senior, older hero, older heroine, crow, owl, SFR romance, wings, hot alpha male, Lee Kurk, flying, feathers, abduction, IDA, Leigh, Leia, Liea Kerk, Kerck, hawk, gray eagle, falcon, angel, grey, matchmaker, rebirth, fire rising, Silverstar Mates, series
Publisher: Lea Kirk
Published: 2022-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The quiet of the cottage held an edge of disappointment to it as Nixy dropped her purse on the recliner in her bedroom and slipped off her shoes. The touch of Kai’s lips against the back of her hand was like a promise branded to her skin. Except, it shouldn’t feel that way. There was no future for them. Being widowed a second time held about as much appeal as repeatedly slamming her hand in a car door. And the age gap between them made being left alone again a frightening reality.

No, it wasn’t reasonable to have anything more than a friendship with him.

Says the woman who is so weirdly attracted to him.

She unzipped her dress, slid it down her legs, and draped it on the chair with her purse. It must be those crazy dreams that made the lines between fantasy and reality blur. Although, after tonight, the older “real” version of Kai had become quite a bit more appealing. And that shirt he wore, dayum. Normally his eyes looked black, but tonight there had been a definite purple hue to them.

Argh, no. Keep things professional.

He’d eventually go back to Bezchi, and then where’d she be? She glanced at the photo on her nightstand.

“It’ll be just you and me again, babe.”

She headed into the bathroom and cranked the faucet to fill the tub, then tugged her girdle and undergarments off, leaving them on the tile floor. They’d be fine there until tomorrow. She climbed into the tub and sank down to recline in the steamy water.

Despite the awkward end to their evening, it had been a wonderful dinner. They’d talked about so much, and Kai had even given her a peek into his childhood. How sad he had never found his soul mate, though. A piece of their conversation surfaced, and she sat up so fast water sloshed over the side.

“He said phoenix.” But that couldn’t possibly mean the same thing as the creature from Earth mythology, could it?

No, that was ridiculous. Kyzel and Rol both resembled hawks or eagles, but that didn’t mean they hovered on air currents hunting rodents for dinner. And Fyad had a definite crowish look going, and she’d never seen him hopping around fresh road-kill or collecting sparkly things, that was for sure.

She relaxed back into the water. Phoenix must just a term for…people who lived in the desert and liked to eat spicy food. Fiery food. Yes, that was it, end of discussion. She wasn’t going to think about it anymore. In fact, after her bath, she was going to read until her eyes couldn’t stay open. Then she was going to fall into a nice deep sleep.

And she absolutely, positively would not dream.

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