Chapter 96

Mira woke and immediately wanted to close her eyes again, and so she did, ignoring the warmth of Daevishk against her back for the moment, although she knew that she was going to have to get up and pretend to be a happy mate very soon. It was as if Daevishk were slowly revealing a nightmare to her, she thought, with each progressive day with him accompanied by a new horror. As an empath, she had learnt from a young age to close her mind to others. It was an instinctual defense, necessary at times, or she would be overwhelmed by other's feelings. In the wash of both men s lust and their enjoyment of her discomfort, she had done exactly that, and used her power to shut them out. She seen her side of the Bond with Daevishk go grey and his panicked response with satisfaction. He had sent the other man from the room and had bathed her, changed the sheets, and then lay in bed petting and crooning, slowly coaxing her into sex, and then petting and crooning more, until she had fallen