paranormal-urban-fantasy

You're asking for trouble, woman." At the gruff tone of his voice, I raised my head and met his dark, chocolate-brown eyes, rimmed by long lashes that didn't take an ounce away from his masculinity. I wanted to drown in those eyes."I like trouble, remember?

Aerric__ skill as a fighter, along with the fact that he could not be killed, made him the ultimate weapon. Morrigan and Brighid had used the hide of a phoenix and a bit of Pandra__ dragon blood to create him.

I__ gone from living alone in New York as a lowly shoe clerk to becoming a shieldmaiden with a family to come home to. It didn__ get much better than that.

Morrigan moved across the room as if she were floating. __ will acknowledge your anger, Aerric, but only for a moment. The others will lead the charge against the fledglings, but I want you to track Liam and report back to me directly. How many Sluagh did you take out today?_ I shook my head. __ive total, but with all due respect, Goddess, I am going to need a bit more of an explanation as to why the love of my life is lying here before me, alive and well, when she was supposed to have died two centuries ago.

You really should play with someone your own size, you know.

Your reign of terror will soon be over,_ he stated confidently.

You__e just doing what you gotta do,_ Sam assured me. __ou can__ leave here, and you can__ have them worried. It__ not like you can say, __ey, Mom and Dad, I was struck by lightning and now I__ a Valkyrie! Oh, and Odin__ my real dad, and the Norns are out to get me, but have no fear because my boyfriend is a wolf!

As the red-haired female watched, it was obvious she could not process what was happening. It was as though she had never seen anything magical; her fear had her locked in place, unable to move. In her reality, humans didn__ __eed_ off of other humans, but the Sluagh were not human. They were demons and ghosts that haunt and invade. They were your darkest fears. The nightmarish creatures were a part of folklore passed down from generation to generation. The Sluagh were in essence rejected by heaven and hell, existing in the human realm only to consume souls. Humans were blinded by the magic that existed in the world. They assumed fairytales were just someone__ wild imagination, creative tales told to delight and frighten children. It was this lack of acknowledgement that made humans the perfect prey for these outcasts.

I should tell you something about what happens after I play.""What's that?"He pulled her back into his arms. "I get excited...

He leaned forward and kissed me like he did last night, no hesitation, just pure passion. I should've cared that we were in a room full of contractors but as I savored his lips, I didn't give a damn where we were. "Are you hungry?" "For dinner?" I grinned. He exhaled a chuckle before he whispered in my ear. "Dinner first and then I'll have you for dessert.

When Morrigan and Brighid created Aerric, he had no need for emotions, he only needed to be a great warrior, and for thousands of years he was just that_ the perfect killing machine.

My heart seemed to stop. Garret paused, as if gathering his thoughts, or his courage, then took a deep breath. __ know I__e made mistakes,_ he continued, shaking his head. __ut there__ still the chance for me to fix them. I shouldn__ have walked out that night._ His brow creased, a flicker of pain and regret going through his eyes. __mber, I know you can__ feel what I do,_ he said. __ get that. But_I want to be with you. And if that__ not possible, I__l be content just to be close. Fighting Talon with you and Riley, helping people, saving other dragons from the Order-there is nothing I want more. And nowhere else I want to be.

The scent of the leather and the feel of the cold steel transported her back in time. __ut Daddy, why can__ I have a sword and a scabbard? Dillon and Tynan have one and look, I can lift it above my head, too._ Kylah chuckled because she hadn__ lifted it above her head; she__ barely lifted the broadsword off the floor. But Cearnach was always supportive. He__ told her, __omeday, little one_ someday you will be a great warrior just like your brothers.

I never seem to have any level of restraint with you, woman.

Aerric took another sip of his whiskey as his manservant left the room. His thoughts had distracted him from the truth of the moment_. His mate, his love, and how she had betrayed him. He wasn__ sure if he could find his way back, no matter how much he loved her. Aerric waved his hand and the fire in the hearth died out. He sat in his pitch-black office, hoping the memories of her and their love would become like the room_ perfect darkness.

Her __eath_ was the only way for her to live.

If I was in Talon, I would be the one in charge, I'd be the one calling the shots. I wouldn't have to take pointless exams, listen to humans or worry that my every move was being watched. In Talon, dragons were the bosses, the presidents, the CEOs. If I was a part of the organization, no one would tell me what to do ever again.I would have to let some things go. I t might be painful, but in the end, it would be worth it. Sacrifice was necessary, but I would be free.

Chloe said the first thing that popped into her head., "I don't sleep with dead guys..."Luca gave her an amused look. "Good. I'm not dead. Never have been.... I'm immortal.