Riptide [Kismet Cove] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Susan Hayes Read Free Book Online Page A

check. Possessive feelings, check. Powerful attraction, check and double fucking check. He blew out a breath as the truth hit him like a punch to the gut. The woman he and Rory had just fished out of the ocean was a potential mate. The only trouble was, true mates were never human, and he’d never heard of a selkie damned near drowning. Something wasn’t adding up.
     
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    Jess knew there was a reason she should open her eyes, but for the life of her she couldn’t figure out what it was. It was easier just to drift in the comforting warmth that surrounded her like a cocoon than to puzzle out what was wrong. She was warm, and Evan had said she was safe…Jess’s brain slammed on the brakes and then reviewed her last thought and a second later she was sitting up in bed, her arms crossed over her nearly naked chest as she stared down at the blond god looking up at her in alarm.
    “What—” was all he got out of his mouth before she started screaming.
    “Where am I and why am I naked? And who the hell are you?”
    Jess grabbed the blankets still wrapped around her and scrambled backward until she hit a wall.
    “Just calm down for a minute, Jess. I’m Evan, remember?”
    “No! I mean…maybe?” She realized he was only half dressed and panic washed over her again. “Where are your clothes? And where the hell are mine?”
    She heard footsteps coming at a dead run and the next thing she knew another man burst into the room. Jess squealed in fright and tried to stand up, slamming her head on the low ceiling. Stars burst behind her eyelids and she dropped back down to the bed with a cry of fear and pain.
    “What the fuck did you do to her, Evan?” the new arrival bellowed.
    “Nothing! Now will you shut up? You’re scaring her.”
    “I’m scaring her? Really? I was up top when she started screaming.”
    “Shut. Up. Rory,” Evan snarled and Jess could hear him moving on the bed. “Jess, sweetheart, it’s okay. You got taken out by a wave and we pulled you out of the water. Your clothes are right over there, but they’re soaking wet. Are you remembering any of this yet?”
    Jess opened her eyes slowly and found herself staring straight into the face of a dark angel. His black hair fell to his shoulders, and his eyes were the color of onyx. She could tell he hadn’t bothered to shave in a day or so, and the dark stubble added to the surreal sense of danger the man projected. Even stooped over to fit inside the strangely configured room. He looked absolutely huge and more than a little intimidating.
    “Hi, Jess. I’m Rory.” The dark-haired man gave her a slow smile and she felt her insides turn to molten mush. That smile transformed his face and softened the impact of his powerful presence.
    “Uh, hi.” She tugged the blankets tighter around her and glanced over to Evan again. He was like sunshine after the storm when she compared him to Rory. He had sandy blond hair and a friendly smile that she recognized from the tumble of terrible memories that were all jumbled up inside her head. “You were the one that pulled me out of the water,” she said to Evan and he nodded, still watching her with concern gleaming in his sky-blue eyes.
    “That’s right. Rory was there, too, but he was dealing with the boat, so I was the one who took you down here and got you warmed up.”
    More memories came back and Jess blushed as she remembered being undressed and then burrowing into Evan’s arms.
    Evan grinned and she found herself dazzled by his smile. “Oh yeah, it’s all coming back to you now, isn’t it?” he chuckled. “Now that we’ve established the fact that no one here’s an ax murderer, why don’t you lie back down and finish getting warmed up while I check to make sure you didn’t just give yourself a concussion.”
    “I’ll do it,” Rory offered and the two men exchanged a look Jess didn’t quite catch the meaning of. It must have meant something, though, because Evan grinned and nodded