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Authors: Belinda Meyers
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we’ve got to find
Tannenbaum.” He flashed her a smile. “And get your fire back.”
She felt her throat close up.
Softly, she said, “Thank you, Matt.”
A strange look crossed his face. “ Thank me? Darlin’, you don’t need to
thank me for anything. This is just what mates do for each other.”
Mate .
There it was again. The word staggered Jackie, and she felt suddenly dizzy, but
in a good way. In a totally, totally good way.
She gave Matt a shaky smile and
squeezed his tight bicep. She tried to form a sentence, but she couldn’t come
up with one that made sense, and she didn’t think her constricted throat would
let her speak anyway. Matt seemed to see it, and warmth spread across his
features. He ducked in for a kiss, crushing his lips against hers, and she
flattened her body against him, loving his hard ridges of muscle pressing
against her softness. She could feel his heat and smell traces of musk and
leather emanating from him. Could he really be … hers? It was a delirious and
heady thought.
All of her life she’d hoped to
retrieve her fire. It was the missing piece of herself she’d always wanted back.
But now, suddenly, as if the world had turned upside down, she wondered if
maybe … if maybe Matt were the
missing piece she’d really been needing.
They separated. Taking her hand,
Matt led her through the cluttered main room to the doorway, where he released
her and poked his head out, looking this way and that. She could tell he’d done
this or similar many times before, probably stalking terrorists through
third-world apartments or in the open desert. Even though he was utterly naked
and unarmed, he seemed very professional as he emerged into the hall and
gestured, without glancing back at her, for her to follow. She did so.
He crept to the end of the wall,
peeked out again, then ducked back quickly. He turned and mouthed It’s here .
She nodded back, silent.
He waited a moment, then looked out
again, and when he turned back he gave her a thumbs up sign. This probably wasn’t
one of his usual SEAL hand signals, but it was one she understood and she
appreciated it.
He crept into the hall, going the
opposite direction from the one he’d evidently seen the golem in, and Jackie
inched along at his heels. Where were they going? Where could they find water
in this mansion? The bathroom? That didn’t seem likely. The kitchen?
Suddenly something caught her eye
and she stood stock-still. She touched Matt’s arm and he spun to see her
pointing at the wall. He frowned.
She indicated again, gesturing at
the large painting that had caught her attention, and slowly he began to smile.
She did, too; he saw it. Good. The painting depicted a coastal town with a
languid sea breaking along the cold-looking shore of black rocks in a chaos of
foam. Because of the magic Tannenbaum used, or maybe because of some other
power, the painting moved, and the sea actually appeared to surge against the
rocks. Jackie could almost smell the salt.
This
is it , she mouthed at Matt.
He rubbed his brow, then mouthed, You sure?
She nodded emphatically. Risking a
whisper, she said, “I think I can get us in.”
He rocked back on his heels. “You
mean … into the painting ?”
She almost laughed at his
astonishment. He might be a shifter, but he was still a novice to the ways of
magic. “Yeah.”
He seemed to accept this. “Okay.
How?”
She wanted to kiss him again. Her
bear, so brave, so smart. Willing to trust her even in an extreme situation,
and not trust her in any light matter, either, but trust her with his very life.
It made her love him even more.
Love? part of her thought. Can it really be?
Yes ,
another part fired back. I think it can.
She sorted through the pouches on
the inside of her jacket, going quickly. She could distantly hear one of the
golems coming from down the hall. It must have been the second one, because the
one that Matt had seen just moments before wouldn’t have been able to
Tannenbaum.” He flashed her a smile. “And get your fire back.”
She felt her throat close up.
Softly, she said, “Thank you, Matt.”
A strange look crossed his face. “ Thank me? Darlin’, you don’t need to
thank me for anything. This is just what mates do for each other.”
Mate .
There it was again. The word staggered Jackie, and she felt suddenly dizzy, but
in a good way. In a totally, totally good way.
She gave Matt a shaky smile and
squeezed his tight bicep. She tried to form a sentence, but she couldn’t come
up with one that made sense, and she didn’t think her constricted throat would
let her speak anyway. Matt seemed to see it, and warmth spread across his
features. He ducked in for a kiss, crushing his lips against hers, and she
flattened her body against him, loving his hard ridges of muscle pressing
against her softness. She could feel his heat and smell traces of musk and
leather emanating from him. Could he really be … hers? It was a delirious and
heady thought.
All of her life she’d hoped to
retrieve her fire. It was the missing piece of herself she’d always wanted back.
But now, suddenly, as if the world had turned upside down, she wondered if
maybe … if maybe Matt were the
missing piece she’d really been needing.
They separated. Taking her hand,
Matt led her through the cluttered main room to the doorway, where he released
her and poked his head out, looking this way and that. She could tell he’d done
this or similar many times before, probably stalking terrorists through
third-world apartments or in the open desert. Even though he was utterly naked
and unarmed, he seemed very professional as he emerged into the hall and
gestured, without glancing back at her, for her to follow. She did so.
He crept to the end of the wall,
peeked out again, then ducked back quickly. He turned and mouthed It’s here .
She nodded back, silent.
He waited a moment, then looked out
again, and when he turned back he gave her a thumbs up sign. This probably wasn’t
one of his usual SEAL hand signals, but it was one she understood and she
appreciated it.
He crept into the hall, going the
opposite direction from the one he’d evidently seen the golem in, and Jackie
inched along at his heels. Where were they going? Where could they find water
in this mansion? The bathroom? That didn’t seem likely. The kitchen?
Suddenly something caught her eye
and she stood stock-still. She touched Matt’s arm and he spun to see her
pointing at the wall. He frowned.
She indicated again, gesturing at
the large painting that had caught her attention, and slowly he began to smile.
She did, too; he saw it. Good. The painting depicted a coastal town with a
languid sea breaking along the cold-looking shore of black rocks in a chaos of
foam. Because of the magic Tannenbaum used, or maybe because of some other
power, the painting moved, and the sea actually appeared to surge against the
rocks. Jackie could almost smell the salt.
This
is it , she mouthed at Matt.
He rubbed his brow, then mouthed, You sure?
She nodded emphatically. Risking a
whisper, she said, “I think I can get us in.”
He rocked back on his heels. “You
mean … into the painting ?”
She almost laughed at his
astonishment. He might be a shifter, but he was still a novice to the ways of
magic. “Yeah.”
He seemed to accept this. “Okay.
How?”
She wanted to kiss him again. Her
bear, so brave, so smart. Willing to trust her even in an extreme situation,
and not trust her in any light matter, either, but trust her with his very life.
It made her love him even more.
Love? part of her thought. Can it really be?
Yes ,
another part fired back. I think it can.
She sorted through the pouches on
the inside of her jacket, going quickly. She could distantly hear one of the
golems coming from down the hall. It must have been the second one, because the
one that Matt had seen just moments before wouldn’t have been able to
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