Promises (Book One of The Syrenka Series) Read Online Free PDF Page A

lowering my voice so
that he wouldn’t have to hear so much. It was pointless though, and
I saw his head drop.
    “ Love you too. Have a safe
flight and try to enjoy yourself. I’ll be here when you get back.”
He was so confident and sweet that I couldn’t stop my eyes from
tearing up. I hated to spend more than a day away from
him.
    We hung up and I pulled my sunglasses
back down to cover my sorrow. The car was turning onto the highway,
reminding me that we were getting closer to the airport. Kain and I
didn’t speak for several minutes until he brought up a subject that
I was hoping to avoid.
    “ Did you tell him?” I knew
he was referring to the marriage and I rolled my head against the
seat to look at him. He was nervous but sincere in his question. My
relationship with Brendan had never been hidden or off limits, even
though Kain was the last person I wanted to discuss it
with.
    “ Yes, last night.” I didn’t
elaborate and after a few moments he continued.
    “ I know that you don’t want
to marry me,” he shook his head when I opened my mouth to say
something. “But it looks like we don’t have much of a choice. I’m
glad that I get to spend this weekend with you because I’d like to
talk more about our situation.” He ran his hands through his hair
and started playing with his sunglasses again. “I think that we can
make some sort of arrangement.”
    I arched my eyebrows towards him.
“Arrangement?” Unless he could stop this unity, I couldn’t think of
any other type of arrangement I would want to negotiate.
    “ With you and Brendan.” My
mouth dropped open in surprise. ‘”I know how much he means to you,
so I was thinking that maybe there is a way that you can still see
each other. In private, of course,” he added with a forced
smirk.
    I didn’t even know what to say. What
kind of a guy would offer something like this? How could I possibly
deserve someone as good as him? He would allow me to cheat on him
with Brendan, and it was his idea? No one is this good,
unless…
    “ Does this apply to you as
well?”
    He laughed and shook his head. “No. I
don’t want to date anyone else on the side.” His blue eyes stared
through me and I could see how much it pained him to offer this
type of compromise. He was right in stating that we had no choice
in getting married. His family and my family were the most powerful
of all the clans, and our union would join us together as one. We
would be unstoppable, powerful, and safe. And this man in front of
me was willing to sacrifice his own happiness for everyone
else.
    “ I don’t know what to say.”
It was the best I could do.
    “ Just think about it. We
have to be married, but I don’t want you to be miserable the rest
of your life because you are stuck with me.” His voice nearly
cracked during those last few words. Without thinking, I reached
for him and grabbed his hands.
    “ You would not make me
miserable, Kain. You are an amazing guy with the biggest heart of
anyone I know. A girl would be lucky to marry you.” He looked
perplexed. “You’re smart, gorgeous, nice…you are a real catch.
Trust me.” And as I said those words, I realized that I meant
them.
    He squeezed my hands and winked.
“Gorgeous?”
    I laughed and nodded my
head. “Yes, simply gorgeous . My sister is very jealous
of me.”
    “ Is she? Perhaps I will consider an
alternative arrangement for myself too.” He smiled and wiggled his
eyebrows, so I punched him in the shoulder.
    “ Gross. My sister can’t
count. Besides you can do much better than her.” His laugh helped
to lighten the mood and within a few minutes, we were pulling up to
the departure level of the airport.
    Jeffery and Kain grabbed our bags and
we checked in without incident. As I was standing in the security
line, my heart began to pound in my chest again. This time it had
nothing to do with boys, but instead it was the fact that I was
actually getting on a plane. I’d only flown a couple of