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Midnight’s Captive
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ISBN-10: 1250017270
ISBN-13: 978-1250017277
Mass Market Paperback
Dark Warriors #6
July 2, 2013
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ENSLAVED BY DESIRE
Laura Black knows her boss is a man of many secrets—haunted by some
unknowable force, driven by some unspeakable destiny—and yet it makes
her crave the devilishly handsome, roguishly charming Charon all the
more. When she uncovers a betrayal that will send her into a world of
magic, she turns to the only one she trusts – Charon. Even when she’s
in jeopardy of losing her heart…
UNLEASHED IN FURY
Charon Bruce endures a relentless yearning to have Laura for his
own, an ache he knows will never be fulfilled. After the town he has
protected for centuries is targeted by a ruthless Druid, he has no
choice but to reveal his secret to Laura. He must fight the deadliest
foe he’s ever known if he’s to keep her safe. But when Laura is
captured by his nemesis, he must choose between winning the battle of
good verses evil – or losing the woman he loves…
Charon
(Charon pronounced: K-AR-on)
The shrewd one. Forced to betray fellow Warriors by Deirdre. He has
a life that’s been waiting for him, and he intends to have it. The fate
of the world be damned.
Born: February 1365
Turned: 1390
God: Ranmond, God of War
Warrior Color: Copper
Abilities: Disintegration of objects
Excerpt:
Charon picked up the shirt and turned to where a carafe sat on the table. Steam still drifted through the space in the lid. He bent to retrieve it, and found his gaze locked on Laura.
Her eyes were
closed as she swayed enticingly to the music. He had wanted her from the
first moment she walked into the pub and asked him for a pint of ale.
He figured with
her English accent she was just a tourist passing through as everyone
did, but when she had asked for his help in locating a room, he knew she
had seen the beauty of the town as he did.
The next day he learned she was looking for work. Two years later and Charon still didn’t know what had brought her to Ferness.
She didn’t pry into his life, and he didn’t pry into hers. Even though he was insanely curious at times. Especially when she would look at a locket she kept in her purse.
Suddenly, Laura
stopped and opened her eyes. Their gazes locked, and as always, Charon
found himself arrested by the pale green orbs that stared at him.
It was a good
thing she wasn’t a Druid or Charon might give into his desires. With
every Warrior at MacLeod Castle finding their mates with Druids it was
difficult not to think about it.
But he was better off alone. Not to mention, no matter how hard he tried to feel any kind of magic around Laura, there was none.
She wasn’t a
Druid, and he had seen enough death in his long life. Not even the lust
that burned through his veins could change his mind and have him slack
his body with hers.
He knew it would
be glorious to have her in his arms, to taste her kisses, and hear her
cries of ecstasy, but he couldn’t stand to lose one more person in his
life.
So, whatever pleasure he might find in her arms, would have to be forgotten.
The glass door slid open and she greeted him with a soft smile he’d come to expect. “I was getting worried.”
Charon glanced at
the deck. How much longer would she worry about him? There would come a
time he would have to leave Ferness behind forever. The people he knew,
the friends he had would stop thinking of him, and he would fade to
nothing.
Maybe that’s why Phelan didn’t put down roots anywhere and why the other Warriors kept hidden at MacLeod Castle.
He thought he was doing something good for himself. In reality, he’d only made things more difficult. At one time things had been so easy, so uncomplicated. Where had it all gone wrong?
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