Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 18 of 18

Beloved LifeMate is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series.

Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

YA paranormal romance

Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.

Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.

He grinned and left me sitting where I was. He quickly pulled off everything, except his snug fitting pants. My eyes widened and I felt myself flush from another kind of heat as I watched the muscles across his back ripple with suppressed strength. He stopped moving. Turning around, he looked at me with a slightly raised eyebrow.

He was instantly kneeling in front of me. “I’m glad you find my body pleasing, but if I’m going to get through this shower with my sanity intact and not embarrass myself, you’ve got to shield your surface thoughts from me.” He cupped my cheek in his hand and very lightly brushed his lips across mine.

“I can feel your desire and I know you can feel mine,” I said, shielding my surface thoughts.

I felt his regret.

Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 17 of 18

Beloved LifeMate is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series.

Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

YA paranormal romance

Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.

Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.

He began slowly shifting me. I was whimpering by the time he stood up with me. He carried me across the wide room and into another room. It had several doors leading from it. He went straight ahead through the single open door.

I closed my eyes. The movement made me dizzy.

He stopped and I opened my eyes in time to see a frown crease his face. He leaned down with me still in his arms.

I squealed like a stuck piglet. “What’re you doing? Just help lean against the counter and I can make it from there.” No way in this world was I letting him set me on the commode and have my backside shine the world.

“You’ll fall flat. I’m not letting you go,” he said in a no-nonsense tone of voice, his worry leaked into me. “I'll hold you until you finish.”

“No, no way. I can’t go with you holding me.” I fretted. I really had to go, but there was no way I was going with him holding me on the commode or whatever they called it here.

Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 16 of 18

Beloved LifeMate is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series.

Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

YA paranormal romance

Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.

Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.

“My love, I want nothing more, but we should wait. You need time to heal and you need time to understand how things work here.” He groaned, cupping my hand in his large hand. “I'm not rejecting you. I desperately want you as my lifeMate, but not until you understand your rights.”

“From what you’ve told me about the women here, well, I could never treat you like that. Not ever,” I said emphatically then added with just as much fervor, “Colin, you're my lifeMate, I love you too much.” At this point, I didn't care if it was the synth that made me love him, or if it was love at first sight, or if I had fallen in love with the adoring look on his face while he held me with such extraordinary care.

I didn’t wait for his answer; I was tired of arguing. I looked into his dark green eyes and opened my end of the lifeBond. His eyes jerked wide open, the pupils dilated, and with a shocked gasp, he opened his end of the lifeBond.

The combined synth in our blood sang, whipping through us as the ends of two lifeBonds intertwined and twisted together. The closing of our bond created a shimmering solid union between the two of us. I felt it briefly glow burning hot. Cooling, it pulled us irrevocably together. Once bonded, our emotions flowed into the other.

I felt his love crash through me and I grinned with joy. He actually did love me as much as I loved him.

Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 15 of 18

Beloved LifeMate is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series.

Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

YA paranormal romance

Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.

Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.

“During the Great War…”

My laughter interrupted him and he reminded me of a big-eyed owl when he blinked at me.

“Do we need to go back four thousand years?” I asked through my laughter.

“Yes, for you to fully understand. I think we do.” His lips twitched into a huge smile and he sighed; his face softened into a look I could only describe as adoring. “You are beautiful, but do you know exactly how exquisite you are when you laugh?” He didn’t wait for my answer he leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss on my cheek.

His eyes never left mine as he continued, “During the war, the streets of every town ran red with the blood of lifeMates who either killed themselves after their bonded lifeMate died on the battlefield or dropped dead from a brain aneurysm. The written accounts of that time are filled with horrific detail. I think it mentally damaged the children and every un-bonded person during that time.”

“Those poor kids, they got hit with double misery. Not just a father, but their mother died as well,” I said, trying to imagine the pain of growing up in a time like that, but I couldn’t.

Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 14 of 18

Beloved LifeMate is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series.

Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

YA paranormal romance

Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.

Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.

Chapter: Woman’s Choice

“Woman’s choice is the law. She decides when and where the lifeBond is opened or even if it is opened,” he explained, rubbing his cheek into my caress. He frowned and pulled back.

He covered me in the soft blanket, carefully tucking it around me.

“You’re shivering,” he said worriedly. “I shouldn’t have brought you this close to the windows. I thought you’d enjoy the sun.” He sighed, shaking his head before I could speak. “Yes, I know vampires aren't thrilled with the sun. Plain and simple, I wanted to hold you.”

I pulled my arm from under the luxuriously soft blanket and reached for his hand.

He willingly wrapped his large hand around mine.

“In my world, the decision to bond is made to together. Just like all the decisions in a bonded couple’s life are made together.” I nodded my head and winced as my swollen jaw hit the edge of the hard collar, before I could continue he reached for the silver collar and snapped it off.

Friday Free Read! Beloved LifeMate 13 of 18

Beloved LifeMate is the first book in the Song of the Sídhí series.

Each book in the series is a stand alone novella.

YA paranormal romance

Story contains sexual content/innuendo and mild language.

Recommended reading age is seventeen and up.

Several emotions flickered across his face. Primarily confusion covered his face, confusion and pain. I didn't know which surprised me the most.

It was the first time I actually had to look at him without fearing for my life. I knew I’d never tire of looking into his hunter green eyes. His pointed ears poked up through his midnight colored hair. I wondered how old he was. There was so much I wanted to know about him. For the first time, I had a glimmer of hope that he would accept me as his bonded lifeMate. I knew, even though our 'courtship' started with him trying to kill me, I still wanted him as my bonded mate.

I quickly answered his question, but tacked on the two things that bothered me the most. “You keep saying ‘you’re my lifeMate,’ but I clearly remember gating away from the monster you left me with and then I woke-up with silver on my neck.”

I lowered my eyes and bit my lip. After saying it out loud, I remembered this was an entirely different world. He might intend to keep me as a concubine or pet or even a prisoner. After all, I had the blood of his enemies in me.

He gently tilted my chin up, caressing my skin until I looked at him. “Mirk’s not a monster. I’ll introduce you to him later.” He sighed, heavily. “The silver was necessary.”

“Am I your prisoner?” I asked in a mental whisper, shivering at the thought.