Coveted by the Infinite by Caroline Hanson
Author:Caroline Hanson [Hanson, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Caroline Hanson
The door opens as soon as I knock. The butler nods to me. âMiss Finner.â He leads me to Alistairâs rooms and I knock, then go in. Heâs in a chair, book in hand again.
âI hadnât expected to find you readingâ¦again. I mean, what with the fight today I thought youâd be, I donât know, preparing somehow.â
Alistair smiles, and stands, walking casually towards me. âPlease tell me you had hoped to find me half-naked and glistening with sweat.â
I canât help but laugh. And I appreciate him making the effort to put me at ease with silliness. After the tense conversation last night, itâs certainly a pleasant surprise. I hadnât known what to expect.
âYou found me out. Iâm not sure I would have been able to restrain myself.â
âIn that case, come back in ten minutes and Iâll see what I can do,â he says, but of course thereâs a distance between us. Heâs stopped several feet away and neither of us is moving to close the distance.
âI wanted to wish you luck.â I even manage a step forward. He watches me, raises one brow as I take a step closer.
âOh. Thank you. Can I get you something to drink? Tea or coffee? I think I have soda as well if you want it.â
âYou drink soda?â I had never seen it on the island.
âOne of the many things you donât know about me,â he sighs. He gestures to the chair opposite him, and I sit down. âAll of them equally irrelevant, I suspect. You know everything you need to know in terms of the important stuff.â
âWhat do you mean?â Because Iâm pretty sure I know very little indeed about him.
âI kill people. Itâs amusing and even if I stopped, it wouldnât matter, would it?â He looks at me seriously, as if heâs hanging on my every word, memorizing my face.
âWhat do you want from me?â I blush. âI mean, what do you want me to say?â
âNothing. I know nothing has changed. Itâs justâ¦difficult. Not the best word but there we are. How is Lee?â Alistair asks as he strides to a table. He opens a drawer and takes out a leather bookmark, puts it in the book and then sets it down on a small table.
âFine.â
Alistair sits down across from me, brushes an invisible piece of lint off his well-worn jeans. He smiles as if at a distant memory. âWhen I was young, mortal, I imagined a life exploring.â
âI am not surprised.â I smile back.
âYou can see it, canât you? The regal bearing, the devastating good looksâ¦â
âThe ego,â I murmur.
He barks out a surprised laugh. âYes, well. As I was saying, I had imagined being an explorer. And after I was turned and Europe became tiring for us, well, it seemed like it would be a great joke to travel the world with Lee and Cassandra by my side. We would be pirates and explore.â
âYou donât sound like you enjoyed it.â I lean back in the chair. I want to tell him how grateful I am that heâs trying to make this easy for me.
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