Familiar Desires: 5 (Protective Affairs) Read Online Free PDF

probably meant to be a threatening look.
    “Well, luckily for me, I don’t have to hang around that
long. I’m here only to help with these cases of kidnapping and disappearances.”
She smirked and started to turn away from him. She knew that she’d probably
have to argue a bit more with Kane and Michael before she left, but Roger could
spew his threats to the rest of the Council for all she cared.
    “You might find that your mission will take longer than you
expect.” Roger’s voice stopped her from going any further.
    She spun around and her hands landed on her hips. Suspicion
flared to life. They would lure her here. “This isn’t a game. Are there even
any disappearances?”
    “There are disappearances. You were sent here because you’re
needed.” His smile was too satisfied.
    She narrowed her eyes. What the hell were they up to? They
might want to get her back in town, but they did have limits. They wouldn’t
kidnap their own people to do it. Not when there were easier ways. She’d heard
they’d had a woman brought back to town once.
    “Then I’m sure it won’t take as long as you’re expecting.”
She rolled her eyes, but turned to face the shifter part of the Council. “I
have a busy day tomorrow. I have to get going, but I’ll talk to you again
before I leave.”
    “I’m sure you will,” Roger said.
    She tightened her lips against the urge to hiss at him
before she spun on her heel and walked out of the room. She wasn’t going to get
into an argument with that annoying wizard. There wasn’t any way to win it
right now. She’d consider her point made when she left the city after they
found the people.
    Alana left the conference room, but she knew she wasn’t
alone. She could hear footsteps behind her and feel the presence of the two men
she hadn’t wanted to see this trip. There wouldn’t be time to clear everything
between them. She didn’t want to start something and then have to leave and
report what she’d found to the Protectorate.
    She didn’t know if it was going to be possible to keep her
distance from them, but she knew that being close to them could distract her
from the search. On top of that, if they were near her while she was
investigating these disappearances, they would be in danger. Even the thought
of someone hurting them sent rage tearing through her. She wanted to finish
this last investigation and return here to see if they could be together.
    But she wanted to be with them, to touch and taste them.
Even now, her body seemed to be tuning itself to their presence. She could feel
them when they drew closer, their magic almost seemed to be entwining around
her. The connection flared and opened even more.
    “Not so fast, Alana. We’ve wanted to talk to you for years
and we’re not letting you slink away after a few scathing words from you.”
Michael’s voice sounded from behind her as the doors closed behind them.
    A hand landed on her shoulder, drawing her to a stop. She
turned because she knew that they weren’t going to go away without saying
whatever it was they felt was necessary.
    “What could you have to say now? You know the truth. It
makes no difference to what happened. Yes, that scene probably wasn’t what I
thought it was. I doubt it would have changed much. I don’t think you two were
ready to be tied down. If there wasn’t a commitment, I wouldn’t have stayed in
the city anyway.” She swept her eyes from one of them to the other and cocked a
hand on her hip. “Not to mention the fact that I didn’t know if I was ready.”
    Alana didn’t know what they could want. Well, other than her
easy acceptance of her position as their Familiar. That so wasn’t going to
happen. Not without some time to get to know them again. Not that she’d known
them back then. It had all happened so fast. Now she had a job to complete and
they were going to have to realize that her focus was only on that.
    “I’ll admit we’d rather be doing. We just wanted to