The Memory Puller (The Memory Puller, #1)

by Kris K. Haines

Cassandra never dwelt on her decisions. Once made, she plunged ahead fearlessly, consequences be damned.

“I need to know what to call you when you haunt my dreams,” he said, flashing her his widest, most charming smile yet.

However, the price offered for an extracted memory hadn’t been adjusted in almost a century, nor did it seem the new Emperor had any intention to do so. Meanwhile, the cost of living within the colonies was steadily increasing.

Mmm, how familiar

“With that tiny thing? Feels like you’re jamming a baby carrot into my hip. The only emotion you’re likely to draw from me is disappointment.”

Damn girl. Shes playing with fire

“Good girl,” Tristan purred, taking a sip of his bourbon.

She was overcome with a tingling throughout her body that warned flirting with him, even kissing him, would never be enough to satisfy her. She saw his breath hitch, knew he’d felt it too.

Mates?? Can a human have a mate?

She dug her fingers into his silky knot of hair and yanked his head back. His eyes snapped shut and he clenched his teeth, sucking in a sharp breath. It was not a sound of pain. Tristan’s throat bobbed in a dark chuckle as he wrenched his hair from her grip. “A Shrouded Sister who likes it rough, huh? Naughty girl.” Cassandra couldn’t help the moan that slipped past her parted lips. “Fuck me, please make that noise again,” he begged, grunting softly.

His body went rigid, eyes cold and pledging violent death. “Who did this to you?” “It doesn’t matter, it’s over.” “Who did this?” A strained whisper through grinding teeth.

Fuck yes

She had heard of such occurrences, snippets of an extracted memory lingering in a supplicant’s mind like a phantom limb after amputation. But only in cases where the supplicant and the memory’s subject shared a powerful connection.

Leaning back to mates. Im bummed shes human and hes fae. He'll live longer without her

“Seems I’m completely incapable of forgetting you, Cassandra.”

“I’d take you in.” She stepped back and he halted, hurt darkening his handsome face. “Take me in where, the barracks?” “The barracks are not my only home within Thalenn,” he answered with a furtive smile.

YES DO IT

“I meant what I said, Cassandra. If you ever leave the order or find yourself with nowhere to go, you’d have a place with me. For as long as you need it. And this has nothing to do with breaking your chastity vow. The offer stands, no matter the circumstances.”

“But I did it for you,” he said quietly, once again gazing at her with that look in his eyes that terrified her. “Because you’re fierce and selfless and you make my world a little better. So, in the end, it’s your triumph. Don’t let me take it from you.”

I love him already

Abandoned the order after she met and fell in love with a female Windrider who turned her Fae.”

SO TRISTAN CAN TURN CASS FAE?!?!?! THEY ARE MATES AFTER ALL

“Why would I want any other playmate when I already have the most breathtaking one in the room?”

Cassandra gaped over Tristan’s shoulder as Maksym, the portrait of furious madness, aimed the stun pistol at Tristan’s back.

How?? He was paralyzed seconds ago! When Tristan and Chael were shot, it seemed to take longer to fade