Demon Day Penelope Fletcher (which ebook reader TXT) 📖

smack him in the face to get him to lookat me. I stared at him now, waiting for him to acknowledgeme.

His gaze flicked to me and his eyesburned. Then he glanced at Conall and his lips pressed together inacute frustration.

The silence became charged. Byron andAlec shared a baffled look.

I turned and walked away.

After fewer than three steps, a hotand thick wave of lust gushed over me. My forth step falteredbefore I gathered myself. Swallowing hard, stunned by the ferocityof the desire he had sent to me and unable to help myself I snuck alook over my shoulder.

Breandan winked before turning hisattention back to the conversation Conall and Byron were deeplyimmersed in.

Alec skipped up beside me and Islanted him a pleased look under my lashes. “Shut up,” I mumbled,but could not help the smile that tugged up the corner of mymouth.

Both palms shot up ininnocence. “I knew he’d let you know somehow.” At my puzzled lookhe said, “I see now that your culture is different to ours. Conallguards your honor, and Breandan cannot openly speak for you.Why is the riddlethough?”

Alec led the way out of the shifterscamp and into the tall grass. As I walked, I let my palms brushover the prickly tips.

“He has before,” I murmuredto myself.

“Conall seems to like him,but won’t give his blessing on your mating. Why?”

My mouth opened to deny this thensnapped closed. Breandan had openly defended me when Lochlann hadconsidered trading me over to Devlin for a month of peace. Andhe’d…. It was like a mental slap. That was the only time he hadopenly spoken for me, and the result of that had been his oathbreaking. Did that remove the fear of having to choose between hisbrother and me? The trust and devotion in the action wasmind-boggling. Was there more to it than I had initiallyunderstood? Gods, I had not thought much about anything becausestuff happened so fast, but Breandan had turned his back oneverything he had known to protect me. What did it mean? Fairieswere tradition conscious and had a high concept of honor. IfBreandan had broken away from his family did that mean he was nolonger able to lay a claim on me? Unguh. That made no sense. Hebelieved that we were destined to be, that he was born for me, sowhy would he throw his life away on a distant threat from a belovedfamily member. By rights, Lochlann should be the one courting me.He needed me, and my power, to help bring back the balance, andkeep the favor of the people. Could he have ordered Breandan tostep aside? He had plainly said he expected us to mate.

No. Oath sworn or not,Lochlann retains the right to claim me overBreandan if he becomes High Lord. So that couldn’t be it … notentirely. Breandan had been upset that he had seen me first andthat the bond sparked between us. He’d known a month before we metwhat was going to happen, so he was not surprised, if anythingsubdued and resigned. Was he still fighting against the bond? Wasthat the real reason why he stopped himself getting closer to me?Did he expect it to be broken so Lochlann could claim me as fairylaw required?

I stopped dead and Alec walked out ofsight before he came crashing back, looking panicked. Seeing mefrozen with thunderstruck expression he did not speak.

Is that what Lochlann andConall thought too? That the bond could be broken? Was this why heasked me to be discreet, and why Conall was so hell bent onensuring we were? My tie with Tomas made it clear Breandan and Icould still be separated, though I got the impression it would beemotional and physical torture. No. That could not be it. Breandan wouldn’t let thathappen! He’d broken his oath so he could have me. It was his onlychoice. He could not stay sworn to his brother and mate me when it was his Elder’sright to have me.

Conall thinking this way, Icould understand to some degree. He was Lochlann’s right hand man,and loyal to a fault. Despite my love for Breandan, he would try tosave me for his chosen lord. Were Breandan and my Elder doing somesecret power play behind my back? On one hand was Breandan tryingto strengthen our bond, and get to know me, whilst on the otherhand keeping to the rules giving Conall no option but to accept ourtime together as he’s not actually overstepping any lines? Uh, Iwas confusing myself. I thought about what Breandan had told me atthe lake. Of course, in public he could not stake his claim. Icould show him favor, but he could not show it to me.Oh. Perhaps Conall didn’tvoice his disapproval before because he was unsure of what he feltbetween Breandan and I. When we first met, he’d told me he sensedsomething odd around me, but he did not know what it was. When hehad found out, Devlin opening his big stupid mouth trying to trademe for a month of peace, he had said nothing to oppose our bond.Then again, I guess it wasn’t really the time for him to talk to meabout such things. When he had tried to broach the subjectyesterday I’d refused to listen, too wrapped up in Breandan. And myfairy was more than happy to get in the way of such a conversation,after all, I could still turn my back on him, and leave him withnothing.

How did I not see this? The tensionbetween the two boys made perfect sense now. So did Conall’s magicappearing act every time Breandan came more than two feet near me.He thought he was protecting me.

But what was Breandan’s plan to makethis okay? He had been honest in the beginning, and on Lochlann’sreturn he had told me his brother was not happy. But he had beensure he could make him understand, make him accept us.

That did not seem to be happening, infact, the opposite.

The idea of being with Lochlann washorrifying. He didn’t care for me at all. He had openly admitted myheart belonged to Breandan. Would he really condemn himself to anunhappy mating for the