A Love Unfinished by Bethany-Kris
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- Print Length: 277 pages
- Publisher: Evernight Publishing (January 9, 2014)
Blurb:
Over two decades ago, an
attack on The Clan of Cobalt left families of dragons in ruins; now, with the
clans able to start rebuilding their lives, history is beginning to rewrite,
one dragon and one mate at a time…
Dani
Heartview spent a year running from the past she can’t forget and it’s about to
catch up in the form of Holden Levy. When he suddenly disappeared, she was
devastated, but now he’s back. Even if she can’t deny their connection, the man
who returned is vastly different from the one who left.
With Holden’s secrets
uncovered, the Alpha dragon inside the man is demanding for its mate to be
claimed, but there’s danger lurking close by. Still, his abandonment is a
monster she can’t shake. Can she forgive to restart their life, and if she
does, can Dani handle exactly what it means to be a dragon’s mate?
Clans of Fire, Book One
Excerpt:
“Get away from me,” I
hissed. “You have no right to be here.”
Emotion broke through
on his handsome features, marring it with sadness as my eyes blurred with
unshed tears. “Please, Dani…”
“Stop saying my
name.” My voice was rising to an unhealthy octave. My heart was pounding at a
too fast pace. Why would he be here? He had to have known I wouldn’t want him
here. “Stop sharing my fucking air. For God sakes, get out of my space,
Holden.”
“Ouch, man.”
Holden didn’t even
glance back at his friend. “Shut up, Duran.” There was a timber in his tone,
something else I didn’t recognize from the man standing before me. I felt
wetness drip down my cheeks. “Oh, Dani, please don’t cry…I didn’t come here to
make you cry, baby.”
Baby?
“Who in the hel—”
“Dani!” Jade was out
of the kitchen and rushing over to my side. She barely noted the men or my
heartbroken expression. That, or she mistook it for the pain of the coffee
spill. “Did you get burned?”
“I’m fine.” Those
words were the biggest lie I’d ever spoken.
“She’s not,” Holden
replied quietly. “Could you get a cool cloth and the first aid kit, if you have
one?”
“I’m fine,” I
repeated. “Jade, could you handle these guys, please?”
“Dani, wait.”
“Holden, I swear to
God if you don’t walk out of this place right now and never look back, I will…”
I couldn’t finish my sentence because there wasn’t anything I didn’t already
feel for him. Hate. Love. Desire. Disgust. I felt all of that. With him being
so close, it only served to make me more confused. Defeated, air rushed from my
lungs, in a harsh exhale. “Leave, right now.”
Jade appeared lost.
“Um…okay, I’m going to grab the first aid. You’re going to stay here and sit
down.”
Duran smiled at Jade
when no one responded. “Thanks, sweetheart.”
Holden hadn’t taken
his eyes off me. When he moved forward, I backed up. “Don’t come any closer. I
don’t want you near me.”
Agony pulled Holden’s
full lips into a frown. “Let me explain.”
“I told you this
wouldn’t be the best place to approach her,” Duran said. “We should have
waited.”
“We don’t have that
kind of time.”
“Why haven’t you
left?” I asked, feeling a seething rage beginning to take over my initial shock
and pain. “Have I not made it clear enough yet that you’re not welcomed?”
“You made it clear.”
Holden’s gaze flickered up to the ceiling, a tick showing in his strong jaw.
“But it’s not that simple. One minute, Dani. That’s all I’m asking for. After
all we were, don’t you owe me that?”
“Owe you?” My
hands trembled. The sudden burst of fury and courage that swept over me was all
consuming. I stepped up to him and slammed my fist into his chest. Holden
barely flinched and the action hurt me a great deal more than it must have him,
but emotional pain registered in his eyes. “I owe you. Are you fucking
insane? You left me, Holden. Left me in Tennessee with nothing. Not a goddamned
explanation, not a goodbye…nothing!”
I hit him in the
chest again, disbelief coursing through me. “How could you ever say that I owe
you after everything you did to me? I waited for months. I called your phone
every day. I texted, emailed, and left messages until your inbox was full. You
could have been dead if not for that stupid note. I defended you when it was
clear you didn’t want me anymore … Once, Holden. All you had to do was answer
me back just once! You up and walked away from me, from our home, and our life
without a single care in the world. And you have the audacity to say that I owe
you anything?”
“Do not…” he growled,
face suddenly mere inches from mine, “…say that I just walked away from you,
Dani. I never would have walked away from you like that had I been given the
choice. Ever.”
His response only
served to fuel my rage. “Well, excuse me for living. What would you call me
waking up to an empty house, with a note on the counter, and no you to be seen
again, exactly?”
Anger clouded his
face. “What did that note say, Dani?”
“Holden, calm down.”
Duran was up off the bench, a hand on his friend’s shuddering arm. Rippling
tension flowed between the men, but my former lover and fiancé didn’t register
the one person attempting to help the situation. No, his focus was solely on
me. “Come on, we’ll do this another time.”
“You won’t do it ever
again,” I spat hatefully.
“Yes, I will. I have
to. I can’t be me without you.” That confession struck me like a knife in the
chest, the blade twisting painfully. Holden breathed deeply, the fight suddenly
gone from his body as quickly as it came. “I will always come back for you. I
lo—”
“No,
you don’t. You never did. If you had, this…” I said with a wave at us,
“…wouldn’t have happened.”
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Author Bio:
Bethany-Kris is a
Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to two young sons, two cats, and two
dogs. With her children under her feet, animals at her side, and
spouse calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something…when
she can find the time.
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