Sergius: #4 (Luna Lodge: Hunters of Atlas) Read Online Free PDF

in mind.
    Jade flipped the covers off her hot damp body. The only way she was going to get over this was with a cold shower.
    She sighed loudly and looked at the clock. 3 AM. At least if she took one now, she still had a chance to get a bit more sleep.
    She slipped out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. She flipped on the cold water and sighed again.
    Cold shower and some chocolate, that should do it. Then maybe she’d be able to go back to sleep without having him crowding her dreams and fulfilling all her fantasies.
    Fantasies were for fairytales, and her life certainly was no fairytale.

Chapter Six
     
     
    Jade didn’t really know what she was thinking. The whole idea had been that she would stay away from Sergius.
    She needed to keep her focus until she figured out her situation. Hanging out around the man she was having erotic dreams about seemed about the worse way to accomplish that.
    And yet there she was the next day, sitting on his doorstep waiting for him to get home. Regardless of her attraction, she still felt like she owed him for showing her some actual kindness.
    After the strange incident, she really needed that kind of connection.
    She looked over at the crockpot sitting next to her. She had placed it inside an insulated carrying case and sealed it up so it would stay warm.
    A knot twisted in her stomach as she worried over her choice to visit him. What if he didn’t like it? What if she wasn’t as good a cook as she thought she was?
    It wasn’t anything fancy, just stew from the things she found in the fridge in her tiny pseudo-house.
    Jade leaned back and watched as the last bit of sun disappeared on the horizon. The sky filled with bright orange, red, and yellow. Pretty really, and calming.
    A cool breeze passed through the trees, and she shivered slightly.
    Heavy footsteps crunched in the leaves nearby. Her eyes scanned the area until she found his piercing blue eyes staring back at her.
    Hot images from last night flashed in front of her. Her nipples tightened, and a warmth pulsed from her center.
    So much for keeping focused.
    Sergius stood still, and she knew he had seen her before she had seen him. The way he watched her made her anxious to be near him, despite the fact that she knew they couldn’t be together.
    She tried to convince herself it was her body reacting to the memory of the dream more than anything else.
    They stared at one another for a moment before he looked away.
    A twinge of nervousness passed through her, and she worried that maybe he was thinking about their near kiss last night. Just because she had wanted to kiss him hadn’t meant that he wanted to kiss her.
    Even if he was being nice to her and keeping an eye on her, that didn’t mean he wanted anything more from her.
    “I didn’t expect to see you here,” he said and stepped forward toward the steps.
    “I brought you dinner,” she said shyly.
    Jade stood up and picked up the pot. Sergius took a few steps farther.
    He now stood in front of her, staring at the pot in her hands. Jade handed the bag over to him.
    “It’s just stew,” she said nervously. “I thought since you don’t cook often…”
    He looked at her for a few moments and then down at the crockpot. She felt butterflies flutter in her stomach as he did so. What if he told her to go away?
    “You really didn’t have to,” he said.
    Jade fidgeted on the step. She hated being nervous around him, especially when she’d spent most of her night enjoying the dream him to the fullest. Somehow she felt like he must know what she was thinking somehow, like he knew about the dream.
    Of course, that was silly. She’d heard a lot about the abilities of the hybrids, and not once had the idea of mind reading ever been suggested. That thought provided some small comfort.
    “I wanted to thank you,” she said quickly. She had to get out of there before she made an idiot of herself, if she hadn’t already. “Thank you for yesterday.”
    Sergius shook