Endless Night (Fate's Intent Book 3) by April Bowles Page B

needs to learn.”
    “Leave!” I said, snapping my head up to meet his eyes. “I don’t want you here!”
    “Hope he’s house trained.” Kole disappeared out the balcony with an echoing laugh like a ghost and was finally gone.
    I didn’t hesitate for a second to turn my attention back down to Troy. “Are you all right?”
    “I think it’s broken.” His wrist was still secure in the grasp of his left hand.
    “It’s okay. I can fix it.” I carefully took his hand in one of mine and placed my other hand on top of it even more gently.
    Troy looked up into my eyes as they started to glow with a question I knew he was going to ask. “What was that?”
    I sighed, already sorry that I didn’t warn him. “It was him. He can’t be forcefully touch. He’s protected. He’s always protected. I’m sorry. I should have told you.”
    “I’m not going to blame you. I could have handled it better.”
    “There. How’s that?” I kept my hand on his and laced our fingers together.
    Troy smiled and looked at them. “Shit, I could have used you when Darius broke my collarbone during a training exercise.”
    I smiled back and set myself down in his lap. “Oh, you poor thing. We’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again or at least I’ll be here to fix it from now on.”
    “I’d like that very much.” Troy parted our hands and put his around my waist to keep me close. “Now, where were we?”
    “I think it was somewhere right about here.” I was ready to finally get to continue our night and I slid my hands up around his neck while bringing my lips down into his. “Don’t hold back.”
    “Oh, I won’t.” Troy stood up effortlessly with me in his arms and carried me towards the bed.
    I waited excitedly for it and laid back. My eyes didn’t move from him while he pulled off his armor and I sat up, eager to help. Troy laughed and helped get my clothes off as well. He stayed standing over me, taking in every sight of me naked in front of him and slid his hands gently up my body from my knees.
    I moaned for him and he climbed over me, being pulled down by his hips as an instant gesture of what I wanted. I didn’t have to wait. We were once again united after our unwilling separation and this time I would never let it happen again. The love we shared for each other was strong and already felt eternal. No one could break it.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 22
     
     
    Ruby
     
    “Well, this has been great. I’m actually impressed.”
    “What?”
    “You get in here and within a few short hours, you get the General to conjure up a deal for you staying.”
    Muscles laughed in a dissatisfied way and turned towards the bed.
    I noticed it and made him know that I noticed when I turned to him and started changing my clothes. “What?”
    “Huh? Nothing.”
    “Then what’s wrong? Are you disappointed in the way things turned out?”
    “What? No.”
    “Then what?”
    I walked to him while he sat on the edge of the bed to take his boots off but there was a long pause before he said anything. “I don’t know. I guess I just expected there to be more.”
    “But you should be glad that there wasn’t. Unless, you were hoping to get to kill someone.”
    “Maybe not that far but hurt, yes.”
    That’s not what I wanted to hear. It meant this was still war to him and everyone here was an enemy.
    “Did you come here for me?” I asked.
    “Of course I came for you.”
    “But I’m the only one you don’t want to hurt.”
    “And how did you expect it to be? They’re planning something. I can feel it.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “I don’t know but when I was around Trever, every time he looked at me, I was getting this feeling like he knew what I was thinking and some of his responses were purposely directed about you being with him just to make me even madder.”
    That did sound like something he would do.
    “I told you that you would see a different side of him when you’re here but I don’t want you to