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.He carefully picked me up and set me on the wide edge of the tub. He helped me out of the large shirt, which I realized was his and I felt his desire – that had been simmering at the edge of my brain – burst through me.I gasped in shock. I was totally grubby looking. How could he feel that way toward me?He groaned, gripping the edge of the tub, he turned away from me. “Sorry, give me a second.”I really wanted a bath, but not at his disposal. “I’ll wait until morning for a bath. Maybe by then, I can take it by myself.”He looked at me, very pointedly ignoring everything below my chin. I felt his confusion. “I know how badly you want to clean-up. I can feel the urgent need.” He looked at me and took a deep breath as if he was going to tackle something he didn’t want to touch; I felt his pain as he said, “I’m not some kind of animal that can’t control himself. You aren’t in any kind of shape for me to even give you pleasure. Surely, you know that I’d never hurt you.”I snapped my jaw shut with a click and grimaced at my stupid action when it pulsed with pain. “You silly man, I know that! I also know the desire between two lifeMates, especially after they have bonded is tremendous. The desire, both our desires are growing. We both want the other and the bond makes our desire feed off of each other. Your helping me in the bath, would cause you pain. I can’t do that to you. I’ll just wait until morning. Okay?”~ ~ ~Time and again, he expected her to use her new found 'power' against him, believing she would slap him down. He'd seen it repeatedly through his entire life. Every Sídhí male was very aware of Woman's Choice. Women held power and they twisted their lifeMate into knots over every little thing, taking pleasure from the pain they caused.Already, there were a dozen things she could use as a weapon against him.She could have easily used her pain against him. Instead, she tried hiding how badly she hurt.And family, every time they spoke about family, he felt her bursting with love and yearning for her family on Earth. Yet, she never once asked to contact them, even though he knew how desperately she wanted to.Every time he turned around, he expected the worst. It never happened.Like right now, he could feel how urgently she wanted a bath, but she refused when she thought it would cause him undue pain.He shook his head, trying to wrap his mind around this new lifeMate of his, but he couldn't fully understand her. Finally, he realized it didn't matter if he understood or not. He simply thanked God for blessing him more than he ever deserved.He smiled down at her and picked her up, cradling his most precious mate against his chest.Her sigh of delight, as he lowered her in the hot water, was worth every moment of pain he experienced during the bath as he soaped her up and washed her fine silken hair. Oh yes, he was in pain, an exquisite pressure he thought he'd explode from. It was worth every moment.~ ~ ~I snuggled deeper in Colin's warm embrace.Sound asleep he tightened his arms, curling closer around me. A wave of love surrounded me; his sleep-filled emotion enveloped me within in a cocoon, caressing me as if he lay awake.I trembled, realizing that even as he slept he loved me.Who knew life could take such a dramatic turn?The only thing that could make my life perfect would be adding my family into the mix. I knew by now they must be frantic. I could still hear Sarah's heart rendering scream of denial; her eyes had looked tortured as she watched the gate shut between us.I shoved my worries to the back of my mind. Given time I thought Colin would agree to meet them, but I knew that decision would take time.As long as he remained at my side, loving me the way he did, I could live with that.The End
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Beloved LifeMate Copyright 2011 by Jodie B. Cooperwww.jodiebcooper.com
YA paranormal romanceStory 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.He carefully picked me up and set me on the wide edge of the tub. He helped me out of the large shirt, which I realized was his and I felt his desire – that had been simmering at the edge of my brain – burst through me.I gasped in shock. I was totally grubby looking. How could he feel that way toward me?He groaned, gripping the edge of the tub, he turned away from me. “Sorry, give me a second.”I really wanted a bath, but not at his disposal. “I’ll wait until morning for a bath. Maybe by then, I can take it by myself.”He looked at me, very pointedly ignoring everything below my chin. I felt his confusion. “I know how badly you want to clean-up. I can feel the urgent need.” He looked at me and took a deep breath as if he was going to tackle something he didn’t want to touch; I felt his pain as he said, “I’m not some kind of animal that can’t control himself. You aren’t in any kind of shape for me to even give you pleasure. Surely, you know that I’d never hurt you.”I snapped my jaw shut with a click and grimaced at my stupid action when it pulsed with pain. “You silly man, I know that! I also know the desire between two lifeMates, especially after they have bonded is tremendous. The desire, both our desires are growing. We both want the other and the bond makes our desire feed off of each other. Your helping me in the bath, would cause you pain. I can’t do that to you. I’ll just wait until morning. Okay?”~ ~ ~Time and again, he expected her to use her new found 'power' against him, believing she would slap him down. He'd seen it repeatedly through his entire life. Every Sídhí male was very aware of Woman's Choice. Women held power and they twisted their lifeMate into knots over every little thing, taking pleasure from the pain they caused.Already, there were a dozen things she could use as a weapon against him.She could have easily used her pain against him. Instead, she tried hiding how badly she hurt.And family, every time they spoke about family, he felt her bursting with love and yearning for her family on Earth. Yet, she never once asked to contact them, even though he knew how desperately she wanted to.Every time he turned around, he expected the worst. It never happened.Like right now, he could feel how urgently she wanted a bath, but she refused when she thought it would cause him undue pain.He shook his head, trying to wrap his mind around this new lifeMate of his, but he couldn't fully understand her. Finally, he realized it didn't matter if he understood or not. He simply thanked God for blessing him more than he ever deserved.He smiled down at her and picked her up, cradling his most precious mate against his chest.Her sigh of delight, as he lowered her in the hot water, was worth every moment of pain he experienced during the bath as he soaped her up and washed her fine silken hair. Oh yes, he was in pain, an exquisite pressure he thought he'd explode from. It was worth every moment.~ ~ ~I snuggled deeper in Colin's warm embrace.Sound asleep he tightened his arms, curling closer around me. A wave of love surrounded me; his sleep-filled emotion enveloped me within in a cocoon, caressing me as if he lay awake.I trembled, realizing that even as he slept he loved me.Who knew life could take such a dramatic turn?The only thing that could make my life perfect would be adding my family into the mix. I knew by now they must be frantic. I could still hear Sarah's heart rendering scream of denial; her eyes had looked tortured as she watched the gate shut between us.I shoved my worries to the back of my mind. Given time I thought Colin would agree to meet them, but I knew that decision would take time.As long as he remained at my side, loving me the way he did, I could live with that.The End
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If you enjoyed reading this week's installment of Beloved LifeMate, please consider sharing or tweeting about the free read. I'd greatly appreciate it!
Beloved LifeMate is only $1.98 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, & Smashwords :)
Beloved LifeMate Copyright 2011 by Jodie B. Cooperwww.jodiebcooper.com
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