The Power of Fate (The Triad Series Book 5) by Kate Pearce Read Free Book Online

my life is you, and I’m not going to fuck that up.”
    Mya found herself smiling at him. Unlike her, he’d never been the kind of person to hold back his thoughts. “It’s okay. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking as well. I can’t be with you right now, but I’d like to meet you at the Temple in Quoxor Province when I’ve completed my mission.”
    If she could contemplate having Rekk as a Third, she couldn’t deny Orin the chance either. Sometimes in life one had to take a leap of faith, and Orin deserved everything she had.
    “At the Temple?” He blinked at her, his voice unsteady. “Mya, love, you don’t have to do that. I’m not going to force you to do anything you aren’t ready for.”
    “I want to try. I can’t let my past hold me back for the rest of my life. Do you think you can get leave to do that?”
    “To meet at the Temple? Yeah. I think that’s mandatory if you are looking for a bonded mate.” He blew out his breath. “Mya—that’s just amazing of you.”
    “I’m not sure exactly when I’ll get there, but I’d reckon about a week from now.”
    He nodded. “That’s fine. I know you won’t be able to keep in touch while you’re working, but let me know when you’re close to getting there, and I’ll take the first flight out. I promise.”
    She blew him a kiss, her fingers unsteady. “I love you, Orin. I’ll tell you everything I can when I see you, okay?”
    “I’m counting on it. I love you, Mya.”
    “You, too, Orin.”
    His face faded to be replaced by a blue screen and military logo. Damn. She still felt horrible concealing the rest of it from him, but some things needed to be discussed in person, and what had happened between her and Rekk definitely qualified as one of them.
    Would Orin understand? Mya hoped he would understand better than she did herself. Unlike Major Esca, she didn’t belong to an exclusive mated Triad who only bedded each other. She only had Orin, and had deliberately kept it that way, so her liaison with Rekk shouldn’t bother anyone. Except it bothered her, and if she was affected by it, Orin would be, too.
    But what if Rekk was their Third?
    She pushed that thought away. He was an anomaly. A male out of his own time and with a telepathic power almost never seen anymore. How could she even consider he might belong to her and Orin? Major Esca was probably right that she simply proved to be a good anchor to Rekk’s shattered shields. And if that was what he needed from her—she would do her best to give it to him.
    Opening one cautious eye, Rekk forced himself to acknowledge that he had woken up in another sterile white room with machines attached to him. He fought to stop screaming. He wasn’t back with the Etruscans, and whatever his current physicians had done to him hadn’t left him in more pain than he’d been in before. Both of those things were good.
    He still hated it, though.
    “Rekk?”
    He opened his other eye as his Female came out of a chair beside his bed and peered down at him. She was a tall, queenly woman. Her black hair was unbound and lay around her shoulders, framing the perfection of her face. He wished she was curled up beside him on the bed again.
    “Mya.”
    Her smile was sleepy. “You okay in there?” She put her hand on his bare arm, the green contrasting with his more golden tones. “Don’t panic or anything. They’ve been taking your collar and cuffs off and extracting all the probes embedded in your skin and nervous system.”
    “That is good.”
    “Yes.”
    He carefully put his hand over hers. “You will stay?”
    “If you want me to.” She indicated the chair beside the bed. “It’s quite comfortable, actually.”
    She wore a soft blue shirt and pants that reminded him of a much less formal version of her uniform. Of course, he’d seen her naked, which was even more pleasing to his eye.
    Her shields slammed into place, making him jump, and she carefully eased her hand away from him.
    “Do you want