Eluria's Enforcer (The Argadian Heart Trilogy Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

to remember. A frown appeared
as he concentrated, trying to piece moments back together.
    “Yes, you were about to terminate me when we
were attacked.” She tried to remain unemotional at the memory of her final
words to Guardian.
    “We were attacked? Why do you say we?”
    “Use your brain, Enforcer. Why would they put
you on my tail and then send in a second force? I know for a fact you always
work alone. That doesn’t make sense. Their target wasn’t just me—it was both of
us. What have you done, Enforcer, that they want you dead as well?”
    His navy blue scrutiny pierced her. The fact
his eyes were blue and not black, she took as an encouraging sign. He was
changing. She’d marked the requisite amount of time and then injected him with
the Nanus-Z neutralizer and now it would simply be a question of waiting.
    “Why didn’t you kill me instead of bringing
me here?”
    “Unlike Enforcers, it is not our way to kill
needlessly.” She didn’t want to tell him the real reason. She was certain Devon
wasn’t ready for the truth.
    His gaze narrowed. “Nor do we kill without
reason. You’re a rebel. You’ve killed before. What is your reason for not
terminating me? You’ve injected me with something, I felt the needle. What was
it?”
    She shouldn’t be surprised. He’d always been
sharp, even in the Before. She looked away and then back. “What was your life
like, Enforcer? What memories did you have? What did you feel?”
    “You know the answer. What more do you want?”
    “I’ve injected you with an antidote to the
Nanus process.”
    “There is no such drug. It is impossible to
reverse the process. The Tribunal would know if one existed.”
    Eluria pinned him with a hard look. “Oh, they
know. Why do you think they sent you after me? Want me terminated? Do you
really think the Tribunal would share such crucial information with you? They
make you and they use you for their own greedy purposes. After your usefulness
is over, they discard you in their own way without thought. They’re not going
to offer you a way to be free of their enforced slavery. Do you remember
anything from Before?”
    The look in his eyes changed to one of heavy
lust. “What I remember is the feel of your warm mouth on my khout. You are
skilled, Twilighter, I will give you that. You seek to seduce me, have come to
me in stasis. To what end? The Tribunal cannot be defeated.”
    Rising up, Eluria turned away, afraid of what
he’d see in her eyes. She could never reveal to Devon how much she yearned for
him. Her body heated at the thought of joining with him in the truest sense.
Not simply a fucking, but the spiritual and passionate sealing of souls in true
union and balance. She also knew because of her path, she would never again be
considered a proper complement in Union to any male. Never before had that
knowledge tasted so bitter.
    Controlling her emotions, she turned back to
him. “The Tribunal will be defeated. We now have the weapon. You are the first
to test the antidote. Tell me, Enforcer, what do you feel? Or maybe the better
question is, do you feel?”
    Devon tried to rip free of the restraints.
She could smell the impotent rage consuming him. She’d tasted his lust, knew
his desire. Yes, the antidote was working. But how quickly would it be before
the Turning was complete?
    He turned a hate-filled gaze on her. “Yes, I
feel emotion. Desire that I should not have. If I am unable to serve as an
Enforcer, you might as well terminate me now.”
    “Be thankful you are no longer able to serve
a brutal ruler,” she bit back, then turned away from him. Taking a deep breath,
she tried to calm herself. “No, Enforcer,” she continued quietly, “it isn’t our
way to kill.” How much should she tell him?
    She moved closer and knelt at his side. She
could smell his desire building. She also sensed he was learning to control his
need. She leaned closer. “I knew you Before, Devon Andromeda,” she whispered.
“I would