Denying Ecstasy (The Guardians of the Realms Series) by Setta Jay Read Free Book Online Page B

hide out, enjoying an endless array of spa treatments, but that wasn’t going to happen. Her instincts were telling her to go and find that damn Nereid and have him fix this. Confront the bastard for not at least telling her what he’d done. He’d left her to fend for herself with no idea what was happening inside her body.
    “I would have let him tell you, but he’s likely in flight mode, and your mating has a time constraint now. You deserve all the information so that you know what you’re up against. He can try to yell at me later for this, I don’t care. He should have been upfront from the start, especially with me so I could figure out how to help you.” She blew out a harsh breath before resuming.
    Rain’s stomach clenched, wondering what could be so bad.
    “He was betrayed a century ago. Up until that point he’d spent centuries being reckless and a little wild. He was turned over to Cyril by a lover and two other females. They killed one of his close friends in front of him before turning him over to the enemy. I think he still blames himself for Cahal’s death. Drake always cautioned against mixing too closely with the other Immortals, so I think it’s that guilt that still eats at him.”
    Sirena took a deep breath while Rain reeled. She couldn’t imagine being handed over to the enemy by someone she’d been intimate with. Jealousy mixed in with the anger that she felt on his behalf, which was idiotic. He didn’t give a shit about her, so she was wasting energy being offended for him.
    “Why would a lover hand him over?”
    “I don’t know exactly what Cyril promised, but with Immortal life spans and so few finding mates, Immortals can become mercenary out of boredom alone. It’s a very dangerous thing when you’re dealing with those with power. That’s why we employ the warriors to look after the Mageia and spell the cities against attack.” Sirena sighed. She suddenly looked as tired as Rain felt.
    The healer cleared her throat and finished, “Needless to say, Dorian distrusts and avoids most interactions with Immortals, especially females. He spends his off time on Earth Realm, avoiding Tetartos altogether unless he’s patrolling the Realm.”
    Tetartos was the Realm where the Creators had exiled all the Immortals to keep them away from the fragile humans. Mageia could make the choice to move to Tetartos, but it was a one-way trip, and some families had been there for hundreds of years. Only the Guardians could leave. Shit, her stomach churned. She couldn’t get to him if she wanted to. Damn him.
    Earth was the one place she dreamed of visiting. Rain was second-generation Tetartos on her mother’s side and four generations on her father’s. It was her grandmother that had shared all kinds of stories about Earth Realm. Her gammy had lived in a very poor area with abusive parents and had little opportunity when she’d come of age. She said she’d jumped at the opportunity to leave Earth, and loved the life she’d found in Tetartos.
    Rain had always been a little obsessed with anything to do with Earth. It just figured that her destined mate chose to live in a place where she could never go.
    “I’m not an Immortal,” Rain’s irritation slid into each syllable. His attitude obviously wasn’t reserved purely for Immortals.
    “You’re a female, and you will be Immortal when you two complete the ceremonies.”
    Rain saw the hard glint in Sirena’s eyes and knew all hell was about to rain down on Dorian in the form of his fae-looking sister Guardian. She didn’t want that, though. She wanted to be the one to personally kick his ass.
    “What should I expect to happen physically?”
    “The symptoms will intensify. The good news is that he will suffer more than you do. There won’t be any relief until the two of you have sex. It will get worse and worse until it’s unbearable. Damn it, he’ll have to be taken off rotation at some point. It’s been three days…” Sirena’s