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Chapter Ten
Stunned, Anka watched ide eyes as Morganna esture with one hand The people in the SUV seemed to shake their heads, blink, then stammer in confusion The driver peered about suspiciously, then blustered at the passengers before starting the Land Rover again and rolling over the grassy landscape, growing sray sky Morganna had wiped theirat them Who knehat she’d done with the dead? That kind of power made Anka quake
The potent witch disappeared aAnka alone on the ept landscape with a BBC reporter scra hi to the reporters And the urge to go home--her real ho But fear could do that to a person, entle coht never coain
She cli fro Roman Britain, then quickly ducked behind it Once crouched behind the ancient stone, she teleported back to Bram’s manor--and, disoriented, she promptly tumbled onto the hardwood floor in a heap
The whole group of warriors closed in on her, each wearing concerned expressions Their worry pressed in on her like a vise, squeezing fro soNo, it was having so
A dizzy wave threatened to take her down She shook her head, but it wouldn’t clear When she moved to her feet and stuot there faster and dragged her against his massive, leather-clad chest
"What happened?" Braanna?"
"Are you all right?" Lucan looked desperate to get his hands on her, reassure himself that she was unscathed
"Why the fuck did you go to Morganna?" Shock squeezed her tighter "Bloody barmy"
Yes, probably
"’Tis hardly a witch hom you should toy" Marrok’s face thundered with both disbelief and disapproval
But she didn’t really hear hiood Scrumptious Her mouth watered She le She swelled instantly as she dragged that ain Her foldswith need The compulsion to feel hiseach and every one of these warriors until she found the one currently
She licked her lips and tried to clear her head Answers They wanted answers about her encounter with Morganna Whatever this wave of longing was, to feel the heavy press of his body shoving her to athe inferno suddenly raging there…yes Please Who was he? Which anna and the war and everything that had happened was far anna" She couldn’t help herself; she sniffed at Shock Hmm, that was nice Her nipples perked up But was he the ue up a sliver of his chest, bared between the leather jacket, and he shuddered against her Maybe
Behind her, Lucan cursed, so her body verythatfeminine in her pulse with need
Braentle squeeze and tugged her around His touch sent pain searing down every one of her nerve endings She cried out with agony and nearly fell to her knees "Don’t!"
He released her instantly "Anka? Are you all right?"
Lucan steadied her, brushing stray hair from her flushed cheeks "Is your arm hurt, love?"
That delicious scent wafted into her nose again, and she leaned closer to Lucan She blinked up into his blue eyes, feeling so very hungry Her vision wasn’t quite working Everything looked out of focus But all of her senses urged her to tear off her clothes, strip hiainst him until she enticed him to cover her with his body and--
"Back the fuck off, MacTavish," Shock growled and jerked her back against his hard chest, cradling her head against hih hand The zip of his jacket pressed uncomfortably into her ear But it didn’t hurt nearly asto remove the rasp of the fabric from her oversensitive skin, but that only chafedhead-to-toe coarse wool She squeezed her eyes closed and tried to endure the pain of the harshher hypersensitive skin over and over
"Please…" She spoke the words to anyone ould listen "Hurts"
"Let go, Shock," Bra to her She’s flushed, as if she’s feverish She’s not-- Anka?" He shouted her nariht to her at all When he tried to take her cheeks in a gentle grip, she cried out and tried to turn her face away His light touch shouldn’t hurt…but it caused her untold pain She shuddered and curled into herself
"Don’t!" Tears welled in her eyes
"Anka? Love…" Concern rang in Lucan’s deep voice, and she wanted to tell hiht But it didn’t feel that way
"That’s it," Bra up Ice, pop back to your cave and bring Sabelle here I’ll call for Aunt Millie We may need them both"
Why would Sabelle and Millie coet away from Bram and closer to whomever snificant concerns now
Mo, of Shock cursing, of Lucan peering at her with concernher nose and slowly driving her mad It shoved all else aside
"What do youto her?" Lucan de so hot, it burned away her senses
"Hmm" She tried to sniff hi scents Too ic "Come closer"
Instead, Bram pushed him away and forced everyone else out of her space "Anka, how are you feeling?"
"Don’t touch me" She flinched "It hurts"