Leilani can’t even open her eyes as she feels large arms scoop her out of the vehicle. She wants to see who it is, but her eyelids feel like they have fifty kilogram weights attached to each one, her thoughts drift to Connor as she just gets carried, uncaring about her perilous situation. She is trained well enough to keep a cool head even when everything is stacked against her.
All that runs through her hand is Connor’s intense steel-gray eyes that change slightly with his emotions, his soft caring caress. She has to wonder how a man like that ended up fated to Maggie, even though he wants her now. Lani can’t help but feel sad that the moon goddess didn’t think her worthy of someone like Connor and stuck her with Gabriel.
She listens to the steady footsteps, feels the slight chill in th
