TrueHeart.PDF by Elemental Alchemy

Author:Elemental Alchemy [Alchemy, Elemental]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-01-07T07:20:02+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Something woke Gaige. He didn’t know what, and for

several moments he lay still, disconcerted, his mind and body

sluggish, not sure where he was, what time it was.

The incredible heat from the hard body pressed against his

backside brought him back to reality with a jolt…and a surge

of warm emotion. Keiran. They lay spooned together,

Keiran’s chest against his back and his groin snugged up

against Gaige’s ass. One of his arms rested lightly across

Gaige’s waist.

A low, vibrating hum cut through the silence. The sound

that had awakened him. What the…?

He leaned up on his elbow to survey the room. Dim gray

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light seeped through the tent canvas…it must be nearly dawn.

He heard the sound again. And then it hit him what it was.

Oh, no.

Trying to move as fast as he could without waking Keiran,

Gaige slid out of bed. He found his pants near the bathing tub,

pulled them on, fastened his belt around his waist, and slid his

feet into his boots.

The vibration had started again, and bursts of heat flared

out of the leather belt pouch.

Damn, damn, damn! Not now. Of all times…not now.

He untied the flap on the tent door and slipped outside into

the damp, foggy, predawn. Glancing around, he spied a dense

thicket of delik trees well away from the tent and made for it.

His mind spun with possible stories he could tell Byram,

because to have Byram contacting him again this soon meant

the high sorcerer’s patience had worn thin more quickly than

expected. And that couldn’t be good. Damn.

Gaige crouched behind the trees and made certain he

couldn’t see the tent from his position, which meant should

Keiran wake and look out, he wouldn’t be able to see Gaige

either.

With his heart pounding like a doomsday drum, he pulled

out the small gray seeing stone. It was so hot to the touch it

burned his palm. It immediately expanded into the iridescent

sphere with which Gaige was all too familiar.

“High sorcerer.”

Byram’s dark eyebrows drew together over stormy,

obsidian eyes. “Did you think to ignore me, Panther?”

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“I was asleep and didn’t realize you were trying to reach

me.”

Byram glared at him for a long moment in which Gaige’s

pulse thundered. He forced himself to take slow, calm breaths

and not give away anything.

“I will not be ignored. You will sleep with the stone on

your presence from now on. Of course, only time will tell how

long you remain free and alive enough to need it.”

Gaige’s heart stuttered. “Meaning what?”

“Meaning there was a draegan raid last night and some of

my most valuable property was stolen. I want it back. And I

want the draegans responsible to burn.”

“What type of property, my lord?”

“None of your business,” Byram snapped.

“If I don’t know what was stolen, how can I help you get it

back?” Gaige remarked, keeping his voice smooth and matterof-fact.

“I’m not giving you the assignment of getting it back. That

will be someone else’s job.” Byram’s eyes narrowed. “You

have another mission.”

“I thought my mission was to infiltrate the draegan camp?”

“Ah, yes…the mysterious draegan camp no one you’ve

been in contact with seems to be able to find. Do you think me

stupid?”

Oh, shit.

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