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An Excerpt From: SHADOW OF MOONLIGHT
Copyright © LENA MATTHEWS AND LIZ ANDREWS,
2007
All Rights Reserved, Ellora's Cave Publishing,
Inc.
On the way over to his house, Jace
continuously checked his rearview mirror. He wasn’t sure if he was checking
to make sure Remy was still there or to make sure she didn’t speed up and
ram him off the road. When he reached the parking lot at the Sanctuary
she’d already been in her car, waiting patiently for him like a good
soldier.
Compliant Remy was just as annoying as bitch Remy. But
he preferred the latter. At least then Jace knew
she was acting off emotions, being herself, as irritating as it was at
times. When she turned into Robo Remy, he had to
resist the urge to grab her by the shoulders and shake her until the light
appeared in her eyes once more.
She was a warrior, sure, but she was also a woman.
His woman.
Once they reached his house, she meekly followed him up
the steps to his porch and inside, all without uttering a word. Before he
had the chance to turn on the lights, she made her way into his living room
where she sat stonily on his couch and stared at him. Ever the predator,
her dark eyes peered at him in the dark, following his every step as he
made his way in after her.
Grimly, Jace flipped the
switch, filling the room with light. He was tired of her good-solider
routine. “You can leave if you want.”
“The hell I can.”
“Go ahead, say it.”
“Say what?”
“Thanks to me, right? You blame me for this.”
“I blame no one. I’m here to do my duty.”
“I’m not your goddamn duty,” Jace
thundered. “In fact, get out.”
“No.” Remy stood and slowly walked toward him. “Nico told me—”
“Fuck Nico.”
“Don’t speak of him in such a disrespectful way.”
The hell he wouldn’t. Jace was
sick and tired of Remy fighting a never-ending war. There would always be
leaders. There would always be crazy Weres
fighting for control. But it didn’t make any sense to him why she had to be
entangled in their war. “And don’t you speak of him that way to me.”
“What way?”
“As if he’s some fucking god. He’s just the Benandanti. Not some infallible being. The way
you follow him around sickens me.”
He shoots, he scores. Remy’s eyes roared
to life as she stopped in front of him. His comments had obviously pissed
her off.
Good.
“Why is that?”
“Because you’re better than that. Better than all of
them.”
Remy’s eyes widened a bit, as if she were shocked by his
words. “I’m just a solider, Jace.”
“You’re more than just a soldier.”
“Nico is my Alpha, my Benandanti.”
“Nico isn’t here.”
“What do you want from me?” Her eyes betrayed her
uncertainty. For once his she-wolf was thrown off balance.
Jace pulled Remy into him,
pressing her flush against his body. “I just want you.”
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