Fire's Touch (The Enlightened Species Book Three) Read Online Free PDF

limo and answered Cassie over her shoulder. “Until karma catches up with you.”
    A soft, pained intake of breath from Cassie caused Stacey to look at her. “You got that wish,” Cassie muttered, her dark skin pale and her expression full of hurt. WTF? Nothing ever shook up Cassie. She effortlessly took care of everything and everyone around her. Cassie was a rock.
    Stacy turned back and saw the warriors approaching. Oh, great fricken’ Universe—it was him. Heat rushed to her womb. A flood of moisture made her panties instantly slick. No, no, no . This was sooo not what she needed right now. Stacey quickly shifted her gaze to the mocha-skinned female walking beside the “should be illegal” male. The Tellus looked so much like Cassie they could be sisters … oh Fates, Cassie’s sister? That would explain her friend’s reaction. Cassie had been cast out of her colony and disowned by her queen mother twenty years ago. It was a painful memory and one Cassie didn’t talk about much. And, gauging from the flash of indignant fury on the warrior Tellus’s face, neither of them where happy to see the other.
    The Elven lickable Popsicle, however, smiled broadly and stepped past Stacey without so much as a “may I come in” to lift Cassie into a bear hug. “Princess Cassiopeia.” He set Cassie back to her feet. “What’s it been now … twenty years?”
    Stacy hated the concern she felt about the hurt in Cassie’s face, but not nearly as much as she hated the twinge of jealousy she felt when the warrior was hugging Cassie. The attraction she felt to the tall bundle of hard muscles with clean-cut brown hair and dark hazel eyes (which were looking at her with appreciation and desire too) was completely unacceptable. She’d had a similar reaction the first time she saw him, though he didn’t notice her that night. He’d been one of the SOSC warriors there during her rescue. She couldn’t take her eyes off him. Damn it, why did it have to be him the SOSC sent for her escort? She couldn’t count how many times she’d dreamed of him over the years.
    Stacey focused her irritation at the logical of the two confusions. “Get the hell out of my house,” she snapped. The male lifted his brows, challenging her. “Jack!” she yelled for her chief of security. The Aquatie hustled into the room with Mark right on his heels. “Get him out of my house. Now.”
    She heard Cassie whisper to the warrior. “She’s serious, Conlon. Unlike you, we work for her. Jack will hate it, but he will throw you out.”
    Stacey could have sworn she heard Conlon chuckle as he walked past her onto the porch where Cassie’s sister stood. Asshole. Jack stepped out with them, and Stacey slammed the door closed behind them. “Great Fates, Cassie, you called for your sister to escort me?”
    Cassie shook her head, her eyes filled with tears. Tears? Stacey choked back her sympathy. “I didn’t know they’d send Mattie, I swear. You were right, I shouldn’t have called them.” A single drop fell down her cheek before she averted her face.
    Stacey couldn’t help the slight softening of her tone. “I’ll send them away.”
    “You can’t. I knew you’d be a pain in the ass about it, so I requested your escort be a SOSC assignment. The only one who could change it would be their commander.” Cassie sounded miserable. Mark stood by quietly, trying not to be noticed. After all of this time, no doubt the human had a pretty good idea that not everyone he worked with was human. He even asked once what the SOSC was. Stacey had told him to mind his own damn business, which he did, most of the time. Right now he was being nosy. Stacey could practically hear the wheels in his sharp mind trying to figure out what the hell Cassie was talking about.
    “Mark, go make sure they don’t forget any of my bags.” Stacey sent him on another task to get him out of the way and guided Cassie to sit in the living room. “Talk to me, Cassie.”
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