Magic of the Wood House (The Elemental Phases Book 6) by Cassandra Gannon Read Free Book Online

hung off the edge.  He really was very big for a human.  His face was
turned so she could see his damaged cheek in the dim light.
    Yeah,
the scar was super attractive.
    Every
bit of him was attractive, actually.  Sullivan Pryce was really, really gorgeous.
    Plus,
he gave off sooooo much power.  Teja could feel it as he pushed himself
up on one elbow and gave his dark head a shake.  The guy was more than just a
human.  He radiated dormant energy like a space heater and it had every
molecule in her system jangling.
    “Son-of-a-bitch.” 
He muttered.  Even his voice was attractive.  Rich and deep, with a human
accent that sounded completely foreign and beautiful.  It echoed with latent
power.
    Teja
felt her body warming.  Her pulse sped up, her energy tuning so it could try to
brush against Sullivan’s.
    Damn.
    She
took a step back from the open doorway.  Emotions that she forgotten how to
experience suddenly threatened to break free.  It was always like that when she
got close him.  Over the past two years, she’d worked hard to freeze herself solid
and not feel anything, at all.  Around Sullivan, her heart started pounding beneath
the ice in her chest.  Every time she was near the human it became harder to
stay cold.  She’d stayed in this world because of her Match, but she couldn’t
let him destroy her.  She couldn’t start to feel, again.
    “Teja?” 
Djinn asked, taking in her pale face.  “You okay?”  Ever since the Fall, he’d
been hovering, like she might try to kill herself at any second.  It pissed
Teja off to no end.
    “He
can’t stay here.”  She hissed, her attention locked on Sullivan.
    “But,
he’s your Match.”  Pele reminded her.
    “I
know!”
    That
was the whole problem.  Teja didn’t want a Match.  She didn’t want to
open herself up to getting hurt again.  Loving someone left you vulnerable. 
When they were gone, it was like a knife in your heart.  She had all she could
handle with Djinn and Hope and the others slipping passed her icy guards.  A
Match would destroy her.  Everything frozen inside of her --everything that
protected her from that kind of pain-- panicked at the very idea of getting
attached to Sullivan Pryce.  She’d protect her Match, but she didn’t want to be
near him for more than two seconds at a time.
    The
sound of voices brought Sullivan’s head around with a snap.  He looked severely
annoyed and slightly hung over.  Jumping had probably screwed up his human
equilibrium.  Well, that and crashing into a stone wall.  Sullivan was mostly
human.  A weak, helpless, very, very kidnapped human.
    She
needed to remember that.
    But
then Sullivan’s gaze slammed into Teja’s like a Mack truck and all thoughts
about his human-ness vanished.  Nothing but his eyes moved as he soaked in
every inch of her.  Teja could always read the desire on Sullivan’s face when
he looked at her.  “What the hell is going on?” incredulity mixed with “Oh my God ”
lust.  He tried to hide it, but it was still there.
    “Hello,
Teja.”  He finally muttered.  “I should’ve known you were behind this.”
    People
told Teja she was beautiful.  She’d heard it all her life.  But, she’d never really believed it until Sullivan.  He focused on her with his intent, Wood
Phase brown stare and Teja felt it like a caress.  Her breasts tightened.  Her
breathing got faster.  Her energy sizzled the air wanting to connect with his.
    Damn,
damn, damn.  The guy was such a problem.
    Teja
looked away and instantly missed the heat of Sullivan’s gaze.  “I’m not behind
anything.”  She muttered.  “This is all your fault.”
    “Right.” 
He sat up and rubbed the back of his neck.  “Because I asked your moronic
family to take me hostage.”
    “Told
ya.”  Djinn grumbled.  “ Moody .”
    “We
were guarding you, Sully.”  Alder insisted.  “Teja asked us to.”
    “Thanks
for that.”  Sullivan tilted his head, so the damaged side