Unbreakable Bonds by Aliyah Burke, Taige Crenshaw Read Free Book Online Page B

seemed like a more enlightened time.
    “I’m not against war. I’m against the pain it causes for people on both sides,” Levi said softly.
    “There is a lot of loss and it’s sad. You’ve lost a lot, Levi.” Ta-Mara’s sympathetic gaze seemed more knowing than it should.
    “Lost?” Levi frowned wondering how she would know what he lost.
    Ta-Mara blinked then licked her lips. “I figured that coming from your time, there had to be people you cared about that you lost. If you need to talk, I’m here.”
    “You seem very accepting that I’m a Confederate.”
    “Accepting?” Ta-Mara laughed.
    The melodious sound went straight to his cock. He clenched his fist on his knee, resisting the urge to fling himself out of the chair to grab her and kiss her, marking her as his.
    “I wouldn’t call it that.” Ta-Mara shrugged. “I’m just going along with the flow. For all I know, I’m still in the store passed out and having a really good dream. I said something similar earlier.”
    He figured she’s been talking to herself, as she had been when she’d found him in the store. He’d noticed that when she was in stressful situations, she tended to talk out loud.
    “I’ll go with the flow too.” Levi smiled. “Not like I have a choice.”
    “We all have a choice.” Ta-Mara leaned forward. “Your choice right now is to rest so we don’t have you falling down again, or it will be the hospital for you.”
    He cringed just thinking of going to such a place. They were horrible, and he’d rather suffer than go there.
    “When I mentioned the hospital the last time you had that same expression of distaste as you do now. Why?”
    “Going to the hospital is not an option for me.”
    “They are nothing like that now,” Ta-Mara said. “I’ll find you some TV drama programs that show hospitals. It’ll at least give you an idea it isn’t so horrible. Ignore the sex that happens between people there. There are many that are sexualized.”
    Levi was curious about how comfortable she was talking about such things as sex but he didn’t ask as he wanted to. He didn’t want to be forward. He just nodded.
    “So today you’ll rest. I had planned to take you shopping for clothing and a few other things. But with your swoon earlier, it will be more prudent to stay home.”
    “Swoon.” He scowled—that wasn’t very masculine.
    “From your expression, you don’t like that word. I bet you think it isn’t macho enough. It’s just something I heard. We could say faint or pass out, if you prefer.”
    “Perhaps we don’t mention it so much?” Levi leaned back on the couch.
    “Okay.” Ta-Mara returned to the chair then crossed her legs beneath her.
    “We could go shopping. I’m feeling fine.”
    “Now. But what happens if you do what we shouldn’t mention again in front of a whole lot of people? Then it will be off to the hospital for you—which could pose a problem, since you have no identification.”
    “Identification?”
    “It’s a little card that tells people who you are. There are a few pieces of things that you need that people ask for sometimes—driver’s license, birth certificate, passport, social security card… Things like that.”
    “And I need this.”
    “Yes, because if you have to go to hospital or something like that, they’d want proof you are who you say you are. When they try to look you up and nothing comes up, it could be a problem.” Ta-Mara picked up the thin item she had been holding earlier.
    “I don’t want to get you into trouble.” Levi went to rise. “I should leave.”
    “Sit down.” She waved her hand. “You’re not going to cause me any problems. I’m working on some things. Now watch some TV and I’ll just read.”
    “Read?”
    “This is an e-reader.” She held up the object. “You can get books digitally now.”
    “Digitally?”
    “Oh, Levi, you have so much to learn.” She smiled. “It’ll be fun and some of it shocking, but I think you’re