Bound (A Faery Story 1)

nature. She had to smash that wall down if they were going to be

happy. She would use their connection to do it. She drowsed, happily

thinking of all the ways she intended to get past his barriers.

* * * *

“Wake up, love.” His voice pulled her from her nap.

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Meg tried to sit up and realized that Sweeney had stopped

moving.

“Well, finally,” a familiar voice said from below her. Meg rubbed

her eyes and saw Dante standing with crossed arms, looking up at

them. He looked haggard and tired. “It took you forever. I expected

you late this morning.”

“Meg decided to take a ride on a kelpie,” Beck replied

sardonically. “It caused me to push back my schedule.”

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Dante’s green eyes were wide and his mouth dropped open. He

was utterly fangless now.

“Seriously?” He turned to Meg. “What the hell were you

thinking? Kelpies like to eat people.”

Meg stiffened at the thought of what might have happened. “It

was going to eat me? You didn’t tell me it was planning on eating

me!”

“Well, it wasn’t inviting you to tea, love,” Beck replied as he

handed her down to the vampire. Dante set her squarely on her feet.

“It was a close thing. The kelpie took her deep. I had to slit its throat

before it would let her go. I damn near drowned myself.”

“That explains it.” Dante rubbed a palm across his forehead.

“Early this morning, Cian stopped breathing. It freaked me out. I

really thought he was dead this time. He started again after a minute