The Forbidden: A Huntress Novel (The Huntress Series Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

face. Her long dark eyelashes were fanned out over her tan skin.
    I ran my fingers down her face. “Wake up, sleepy head.”
    Her light brown, groomed eyebrows pulled together as her eyes slowly opened.
    She groaned and rubbed her eyes. “What are you doing? Why aren’t you sleeping?”
    “I can’t sleep.”  I poked my bottom lip out in a pout.
    She smiled and pressed her finger to my lips. “Don’t pout.”
    She rolled on her back and yawned. “So you decided to come into my room and wake me up?”
    “Hey, you do the same thing to me.”
    “I do not. I quietly enter your room, lay next to you and watch you sleep.”
    “Oh, that’s not weird at all.” I said sarcastically.
    She crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out at me. “It’s not weird, and anyway, at least I don’t wake you up.”
    I grabbed her hair and tugged it gently. “No, you don’t, but you scare the shit out of me because I have no idea you are next to me.”
    She giggled. “As many times as I have scared you, you should expect to find me in your bed when you wake.”
    She rolled on her side, facing me. “Bad dream, again?”
    I shook my head. “The endings are always good though, but I was actually having trouble falling asleep.”
    “Is something on your mind?”
    I exhaled. “A lot is on my mind.”
    “Is it about your dad? I heard from Owen that you guys were arguing again.”
    I rolled my eyes. “What else is new, we are constantly bickering.”
    “I am adamant that he will not give up on what he wants. What he desires the most is to see you and Isaac married and he will more than likely try to force him on you, hoping that one day you will give in and let him have his way. You are only nineteen years old; I don’t think you should be pressured into making such huge leaps because you’re not ready for marriage or running the family business.”
    “Try explaining that to him.”
    Her brows raised and her blue eyes sparkled with hope. “You could get Isaac to talk to him for you. Your dad would listen to him he loves Isaac like a son.”
    I nibbled on my lip as I pondered that idea. “That’s actually not a bad idea, but I doubt Isaac would do it. I think I’ve pissed him off way too many times for him to do me any favors.”
    “He would help you. Even with Cameron around you still have his attention.”
    “No, he does not love me anymore, and that is how I prefer it. He cares for me. Besides, I don’t even know why he took an interest in me in the first place.”
    She grinned and slapped my arm. “Athena, come on, you are a knock out. You have three guys who would kill to have you as their girl.”
    “Isaac better not be on the list.”
    She pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes. “Brody, Isaac, and Owen.”
    “Two, because Isaac no longer counts. He did have me as his girl, but he was an idiot and ruined it.”
    She shrugged. “I still catch him looking at you, a lot. I am a little jealous of you because they are all hotties.”
    “What are you jealous for? Taylor is a total babe. He is the best looking guy in the manor. Not to mention all of the outsiders you went out on dates with.”
    She smiled. “Yes, he is a babe…my babe. You should date Brody.”
    I shook my head. “No way, I have a rule about that.”
    “Well you should make an exception for him. He is new so he hasn’t lived in the manor long.”
    I can’t date Brody, not when I want someone else. On second thought, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to go out with him, he could distract me from the immortal I can’t stop thinking about.
    She shrugged. “It’s just a suggestion. I visited Eli.”
    “How is he?”
    “Nothing has changed. News travels fast around here. I didn’t even make it all the way home from hunting and I had a couple of people coming up to me telling me the bad news.”
    When there is news, there are always rumors that go around the manor also. Our reapers are big on gossiping.
    “What are the rumors?”
    She chuckled and shook