Winter Solstice: An Immortal Highlander Novella by Roth Mandy M

Author:Roth, Mandy M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour, LLC
Published: 2013-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Gordon glanced around the upper hall, feeling with his magik to assure his spells of protection coated the entire premise. Satisfied Chelsy would be safe from any dark mage attempts to enter her building again, he tapped lightly on the door to Chelsy’s apartment.

She opened it and relief shone in her green eyes. “You kept your word.”

“Of course,” he said, eyeing the entranceway. There was no way he could enter her private residence without permission—a rather nasty side effect of the attack he survived long ago. “Invite me in, lass.”

She pursed her lips. “Okay, come in.”

He grinned and stepped through the threshold. He went to her and took her hands in his. “You’ve questions. Go ahead and ask them now.”

She bombarded him with so many he wasn’t sure where to start. He lifted his brows. “Lass?”

She bit at her inner cheek. “Well, you said I could ask them. I’ve been thinking of more and more as I waited up here for you.” Her eyes widened. “I kept thinking you’d run off or those men would come back and hurt you.”

“I’m fine. Dark mages do nae scare me. Even in packs. They amuse me more than anything.”

She swallowed hard. “You’ve been alive a long time, haven’t you?”

“Aye, why do you ask?”

“Because you’re very ho-hum about it all. To me, it’s fascinating and terrifying all at once. It’s also very overwhelming.”

He hadn’t really stopped to consider her side of it all. He eased her towards the sofa and encouraged her to sit. She did and he knelt before her. “You truly dinnae know you come from a line of druids?”

She shook her head. “No. My parents died when I was little and Grandma raised me. She never once mentioned druids to me. She did talk a lot about vampires though. Weird, huh?”

Gordon stiffened. “Vampires?”

Her eyes widened. “Wait. If druids are real, are vampires real too?”

“Yes,” he said, careful to school his face.

She slid closer to him. “Really? Do you know any?”

Her enthusiasm surprised him. His lips curved into a smile. “As a matter of fact, I do. Are you nae scared to know they roam freely? Does that nae frighten you?”

“Should it?” she asked. “It should, shouldn’t it?”

Gordon chuckled. “Yer verra odd.”

“Thank you,” she said, putting her hands on his thighs. “And you’re very brave. You stood up against those dark mage guys. Thank you, Gordon.” She leaned and pressed a kiss to his cheek. “I’m sorry that I burned you with my hot chocolate but I’m not sorry we met.”

He stiffened and cleared his throat. If he didn’t do something to break the sexual tension riding the air, he’d be riding her before long. As much as he wanted to, something tugged at his gut telling him she deserved better than him. Gordon sat back on the sofa, suddenly warm. That didn’t happen often.

He unbuttoned the sleeves of his dress shirt and cuffed them. As he rolled them up, Chelsy’s gaze swept over the many Celtic symbols he had tattooed upon his skin.

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