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Writing is a joy and a passion for Angelina Evans. At times it isn’t as easy as she would like it to be but it is always rewarding. She has a very active imagination and loves exploring the worlds and realities that appear in her daydreams and getting to know the people that inhabit these far-away places. Angelina hopes the stories she tells are enjoyable reads for you. She love to hear from her readers and you can contact her at angelinaevans1@yahoo.com.


Paladin’s Pride 4: Seducing Llaryn
Angelina Evans
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Copyright ©2007 Angelina Evans

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A roar sounded from somewhere inside the great, machine choked room in front of them. Llaryn started.

“Get what you need and stand by to molecularly transport back to your ship. The destroyers are closing in.”

Her heart jumped wildly against her ribs at the booming, rumbling voice. She’d never heard a voice with such power and resonance. What would the male who owned that voice be like? Paladin was the VanDai leader. He would be calmer, more controlled and diplomatic than Ryvn, wouldn’t he? Surely that voice didn’t belong to him.

Ryvn stormed past her without looking back.

“Kai. Be ready to transport in the next ten minutes,” the unidentified voice ordered. She trembled at the sound of his voice.

“I’m ready now,” Kai, the golden-maned warrior, responded.

A huge VanDai male, his shoulders cocked at an angle to get through the narrow aisle left by equipment, strode from the dark recesses of the room. “Get your woman and the healer to the procedure lab and get back here. I’ll have Eln meet you there.” The huge warrior looked through the open door and stopped.

Fear chased panic through Llaryn’s blood. She looked down, unable to maintain eye contact with the fierce black gaze of the warrior in front of her. He was huge. He towered over her. His shoulders blocked out the world. The air around him vibrated with his presence.

“I’ll take them to the procedure suite,” Kai offered.

Llaryn wanted to leap to the golden warrior’s side as he stepped forward, forcing the woman in his arms forward with him. He was safe. His leader wasn’t.

“I’ll go with you.” Paladin gestured to his left.

She could feel his eyes on her as she turned away. Her skin prickled as he moved to her side. Heat radiated from him and wrapped around her. His hand settled low on her back and she shuddered. What was he doing?

“This way.”

She shivered at the low, rumbling caress of his voice. He was seducing her and she didn’t know how to stop him. He wasn’t doing anything she could protest about, yet she felt surrounded by him. She walked faster but he easily kept pace.

It only took a few minutes to walk down the gold-veined, red sandstone corridor but it seemed like much longer. She studied the carved stone walls, the floor, anything to keep her attention off the VanDai warrior. She stepped to one side, he moved with her. Until he was ready to walk away from her there wasn’t much she could do to stop him from walking where he wanted.

A door stood open and Paladin escorted Llaryn through it. He let his hand drop to his side but his gaze never left her.

Llaryn moved away from him on the pretext of studying a monitor she’d used many times. He followed her but she ignored him. If her heart beat any faster, she was going to faint. Her stomach kept jumping every time he got close. She knew she was a woman but she’d never been so aware of her femininity before. Her breasts felt heavy, her nipples tight. Between her legs she ached and was becoming wet. He wasn’t even touching her and she was having a sexual experience. He wasn’t safe, not for her.

Ryvn entered the room, her medical case in his hand. “Here are your supplies.” He set the case on a long, metal table, looked at Paladin keeping pace with her as she wandered around the well equipped examination room, and his brows rose. He didn’t say anything but he didn’t have to. His raised brows said all too much. “The techs say the molecular shield is ready to come down on your order, Paladin.”

Llaryn moved away from Paladin again and felt him go completely still but at least he didn’t follow her again. Her pulse kicked into light speed anyway and there was nothing she could do about it. She needed him to leave so she could concentrate on why she was here.

“There will be guards posted outside the room. At any hint of trouble let them know and they will contact me.”

She was sure he was talking to her but Llaryn ignored him and after a moment he strode out of the room. She took a slow, deep breath and let it out, more than a little relieved. With Paladin gone all the tension in the room vanished. For a moment she watched Kai and Genae. His big hands framed the human woman’s small face and she knew for him there was no one else in the world. Her heart turned over and she looked away, uncomfortable with the sad longing that filled her.

Genae’s voice murmured something too softly for her to hear, followed by a long moment of silence.

“Remember, healer --” her attention snapped back to the golden warrior, “-- it isn’t only her life and heart you hold in your hands.”

Llaryn watched him turn and stride away, her heart thumping hard in her chest. Did he mean he would kill her if Genae didn’t live, or he wouldn’t live? Either meaning wasn’t good. Did the VanDai go out of their way to make everyone around them uncomfortable or was it just her?

Genae slumped where she stood.

Llaryn knew exactly how she felt.